Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo

The National Museum of Decorative Art is free to enter. Located in what was the Errázuriz Alvear Palace, since 1937 it has been dedicated to design and decorative arts. It has valuable collections of sculptures, paintings, tapestries, weapons, books, ceramics, furniture and miniatures, mainly European and Oriental, from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Through permanent shows, temporary exhibitions, guided tours and cultural activities, it proposes a synergistic and stimulating dialogue between the artistic testimonies of the past and the creations of the present. It is located in the Errázuriz Alvear Palace, designed in 1911 by the architect René Sergent, in a French neoclassical style. The building was the residence of the family formed by Josefina de Alvear and Matías Errázuriz Ortúzar. The couple had lived in Europe for ten years and there they acquired a valuable collection of European and Oriental works of art. In 1936, the National State bought the house and the collections and a year later the National Museum of Decorative Art was created.