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Arica

Arica offers ways to learn about Chinchorro culture through museums and protected archaeological landscapes. Colón 10, the Azapa museum and Morro de Arica each reveal a different layer of the city’s history and setting.

Exterior of the Colón 10 Site Museum beside the Morro de Arica.
Photo by Eduardo Banderas G. Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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What makes it special

  • The Colón 10 site museum interprets Chinchorro funerary context in situ.
  • The San Miguel de Azapa Archaeological Museum presents collections spanning thousands of years of human occupation.
  • Morro de Arica links pre-Hispanic traces with monuments and a museum recalling the 1880 battle.
San Miguel de Azapa Archaeological Museum in the Azapa Valley.
Photo by Bachelot Pierre J-P Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Wide view of the Morro de Arica above the Pacific coast.
Photo by Bachelot Pierre J-P Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Exterior of the Colón 10 Site Museum beside the Morro de Arica.

Arica and Chinchorro: from museum to archaeological landscape

A two-part visit to understand Chinchorro culture: first, the collections in Arica and Azapa; then, the protected places that should not be treated as ruins open for unrestricted access.

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Profile updated: 30/09/2026