Linares Museum of Art and Crafts

Art museum located in the Region of Maule, Chile that is intended to show native art as well as musical instruments.
Linares Museum of Art and Crafts
Image Source: Daniel Subiabre
Type: Art Museum
Country:
Chile
Establishment: 1966

The Linares Museum of Art and Crafts (Spanish: Museo de Arte y Artesanía de Linares) is a museum located in the Region of Maule, Chile that is intended to show native art as well as musical instruments.

History

The museum was founded in the late 1960s.[1] The museum is housed in a Spanish colonial style building, this building was acquired by the municipality of Linares and subsequently handed over to the Directorate of Libraries, Archives and Museums (DIBAM) (Spanish: Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos) of the National Service of Cultural Heritage of Chile.[2]

The museum had to close due to the floods that affected the Maule Region during mid-2023. The period of recovery of about 350 objects as well as the repair of the museum structure lasted approximately 7 months with the support of the Cultural Heritage Service (SERPAT).[3]

Collections

In addition, the museum has acquired in its collections various works by painters such as Pedro Luna, native of the Biobío Region, and Pedro Olmos, native of Valparaíso.[4] The museum has a collection of musical instruments used in Chile including Pifilca, part of them were transferred from the Museum of Ethnology and Anthropology.[5]

In July 2017, the museum launched the exhibition "Kau'i Arte Contemporáneo Rapanui", in cooperation with Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, in this exhibition various types of paintings and sculptures from the islands were displayed in the museum with the support of 7 native artists involved including Cristian Rapu, Tomás Tuki Tepano and Sandra Atan.[6] In October 2017, the museum launched an exhibition together with the Agrupación de Artesanas de Rari to pay tribute to the Chilean artist, Violeta Parra.[7]

In August 2022, the museum launched an exhibition about textiles as well as books, showing works by 6 Chilean artists.[8] In early 2023, the museum launched the exhibition "The Art of Fibres" using handicrafts made from horsehair fibres.[9]

Linares Museum of Art and Crafts - Image A
Collection of cameras by the Chilean photographer Enrique Maturana (2017) - Image by Ignacio Chacon
Linares Museum of Art and Crafts - Image B
Ceramic native to Quinchamalí and Pilén (2022) - Image by Jose Yañez

References

  1. "Museo Arte y Artesanía de Linares" Registro de Museos de Chile. (in Spanish)

  2. "Colecciones del Museo de Arte y Artesanía de Linares, dependiente de la Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos" Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales de Chile. (in Spanish)

  3. "Museo de Arte y Artesanía de Linares reabre sus puertas tras severos daños causados por temporal." (2024-03-12). TVMaule. (in Spanish)

  4. Navarrete, M. W. D. (2023). Pedro Luna en su laberinto: Cartas y documentos inéditos. Ediciones UC. ISBN: 978-956-14-3150-8 (in Spanish)

  5. González, J. P. (2018) Instrumentos nacidos, criados y migrados a Chile del Museo de Arte y Artesanía de Linares. Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. (in Spanish)

  6. Exposición «Kau’i Arte Contemporáneo Rapanui» en Museo de Linares. (2017-07-27). El Mostrador. (in Spanish)

  7. Artesanas de Rari entregan al Museo de Linares mural en crin en homenaje a Violeta Parra. (2017) Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio.

  8. Pereira, E. (2023). El Museo de Arte y Artesanía de Linares y la Colectiva Libro Textil invitan a sus actividades del Mes del Libro. Radio Ancoa. (in Spanish)

  9. Mora, F. (2023). Museo de Linares inaugura Exposición de Artesanía “El Arte de las Fibras.” El Heraldo. (in Spanish)

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