Bellas Artes

Building · Monserrat ·

Bellas Artes

Building · Monserrat ·

Free admission museum featuring rotating sculptures, photography, and art

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Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Get directions

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"Dance the Night Away Catedral is part of the trio of Café del Opera (great coffee, lunch, ice cream) and the high-end gourmet restaurant Opera. The third piece is Catedral, located on the second floor and roof of the historic building sprawling over the corner of José Miguel de la Barra and Merced. Catedral is a bar with great food including their delicious "crudo," Chile 's version of steak tartare with a touch of lemon. However, it's not until later that the party gets started with live music from Thursday through the weekend from jazz to cumbia and local rock bands like Los Tres or Chico Trujillo. José Miguel de la Barra 407, Santiago Centro Phone: 56(2) 2664 3048"

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Bruce K.

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A stunning structure along the Parque Forestal, this grand building has free admission. An excellent rotating collection, when I was here there was a great display of sculptures, photography and modern art. All very interesting and well worth the two hours I spent. The captions are in Spanish as was the only map that I was able to find but with their free wifi (bonus!) and Google Translate, I was able to work out what I was looking at and what it was about. Very nice space, excellent museum.

Dani S.

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Really cool museum, 2 buildings interconnected, free admission! The contemporary museum is in one of the building and the fine arts museum is in the adjacent building connected by a walkway between the two. The exterior of the building is really cool looking, lot of sculptural details adorn the side of the building. The museum has 2 floors in each building and a ton of exhibit rooms. The contemporary side had some interesting and weird art items. There were some disturbing photographs and videos of random things. I liked the fine art side alot better. There were alot of neo-classical sculptures in the fine arts building, beautiful paintings that still looks real after hundreds of years since they were created. It was not busy when we went on a weekday, just one group of students on a field trip. Everything was very cool and well maintained, bathrooms are clean. Free wifi!

Sharon S.

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Beautiful building with rotating art exhibits. Sculptures are a global collection from various museums including the Louvre in Paris, France. Explore all the rooms, movies and the adjacent MAC connected by a corridor passage. Most signage is in Spanish with limited English information. Admission is free for a reason.

Katerina W.

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One of the more contemporary art museums in Santiago Bellas Artes is a great place to visit on a raining day or if you're quickly passing through Santiago. The museum is even open on Sundays whoo! I got to go when Los Jaivas (a popular Chilean musical group) had an exhibition. The museum is several floors loaded with all kinds of art works. I have also seen a kids art exhibit which was very touching and inspiring. The museum could not have a more perfect location. Right inside Forestal park, walking distance from Santa Lucia hill, and in the middle of tons of yummy restaurants to choose from. Make a day marveling at the inspiring at inside and then enjoy a nice stroll in the park or a tasty meal. You can take your camera inside too which is always a plus. I recommend going on a weekday when the museum is not as crowded and you can really take in all the art.

M. L.

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This is a stop on the hop on hop off bus. Easily accessible by the subway system as well. Lots to see.

Alex D.

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Chile's main art museum now has only a small part of its excellent collection of Chilean painting on display, confining it to just six small rooms on the second floor. The rest of the museum is given over to temporary exhibitions of varying interest. The elegant, neoclassical building, which was originally intended to house the city's school of fine arts, has an impressive glass-domed ceiling that illuminates the main hall. Guided tours in English are available in January and February. Located in Jose Miguel de la Barra and Ismael Valdés (Lastarria); Opening from Tuesday trough Sunday - 10 AM to 7 PM.

Victoria L.

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For me, this "Beaux-arts style" museum was all about the architecture rather than the art. There was a giant Christmas tree sized display of clothes in the center and some exhibitions from artists that I didn't connect with emotionally. I appreciated the building, with it's giant statuesque columns, lead windows, old hardwood floors and history far more than the art itself. And the best part, it only costs 600 pesos or about $1.00 to enter. A great place to visit and then have lunch in lovers lane (aka, the "park") across the street. I saw far more sites there of all Chile's lovers, loving each other in public than I did in the museum. :-)