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Ninety seconds on Museo Regional de Ancud
Before you head out to the coast, give it an hour on your first day. The blue whale in the courtyard stranded at Pumillahue, on the road to the penguins, and the earthquake room explains how the drowned forest at Chepu was made.
The permanent display covers the island's whole human history, from Puente Quilo, the oldest hunter-gatherer site known on Chiloé, past the Dutch corsairs and the Jesuits to the Ancud to Castro railway. Two ethnographic rooms with interactive displays cover religion and craft, and the route ends on the island's traditional trades.
Crafts are on sale in both open courtyards. Photographs are allowed without flash. Leave food, drink and pets outside; guide and assistance animals are welcome.
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