![]() Music and sound have begun to pervade the quiet spaces of museums in the forms of aural installations and performance-based programs. Museums have long been thought of as “quiet” spaces, in which visitors walk slowly through galleries to look at material cultures in glass cases. Overall, we see that today each museum continues to see nationhood as something that is monolithic, allowing little place for indigenous people beyond mestizaje (blending of ‘races’).Key words: indigenous, exhibitions, Latin America, national identity ![]() Most recently, a more complex narrative presents Chile as a blending of races and cultures. By the twentieth century, however, a new narrative emerged which recognizes the indigenous people as the ‘pre-historic’ inhabitants of Chile. ![]() Initially, the ‘Indian’ was presented as either part of the territory conquered by Chileans, or as not part of Chilean culture at all. Using museum catalogues, visitor’s guides and bulletins as sources, this research traces the role given to indigenousness in the museums’ exhibitions through time. Three museums are considered: the National Museum of Natural History (originally the National Museum) the National Museum of Fine Arts and the National Museum of History. This article describes the history of Chile’s national museums, focusing in particular on their exhibition of indigenous cultures.
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