Centro Cultural La Moneda

May 2016

During my trip to Santiago, I decided to go visit the Centro Cultural La Moneda. It was my first visit and I was lucky enough to stumble across their Ancient Egypt exhibition. When I was younger I was in love with ancient Egypt, the mythology and lifestyle being my favorite part of it all. It really was magical to be able to experience up close fragments of a world that fascinated me so much as a child. 

There was a little side exhibition of the PET Lamp project, that I thought to be quite interesting. 

The curator of this exhibition did an outstanding job. Not only was it incredibly informative, but it was also easy to navigate and visually stunning. 

Fragments of pottery 

These are makeup tools and trays!! 

This last exhibition I wasn't able to photograph, but it was beautiful. It was a collection of photojournalism of the past 50 years of my country. 

Take care,

~Rose

Bellas Artes - part 1

I really wanted to share these pictures for a while now and now I have finally gotten around to it!!! On the same trip to Santiago, during which I visited the San Francisco Church (part 1 & 2), I went to the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, or as we call it here Museo de Bellas Artes. 

It was finally established in 1910 and I'm proud to say that this is my country's national museum for it is beyond beautiful. 

Inspired by the Petite Palais of Paris, Bellas Artes presents a Neoclassicist design while incorporating some Art Nouveau ornamentations that were typical of the era. 

And to finish this I would like to share one of my favourite photos of that day: This little cat somehow found it's way into the main hall of the museum, and I was able to snap a shot as one of the staff members was quickly taking him back outside.

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Blessed be,

~Rose