Centro Cultural Braun-Menendez

What travelers say:

It is a great small museum that displays the house itself on the one hand, and the history of the original inhabitants and towns on the other, as well as the creation and production of Noruega, Braun and Menendez, and the sheep empire. The house was built by this clan, which combined the region's three richest families through intermarriage. The house was built of European materials and had to pay a huge sum for it. The house was not that big. It is in good state of restoration, with beautiful stained glass ceilings and some luxuriously decorated guest rooms. Part of the cellar or servant area is also open. Another section nicely outlines the establishment of Punta Arenas (Punta Arenas), a prisoner colony. It also provides a good overview of the five tribes that originally lived in the area and nearby Tuera de Fuego on the touchscreen. The display is a collection of artifacts left by these tribes that were almost completely annihilated on the Chilean side (and almost entirely on the Argentine side). There is a beautiful garden at the moment and they are renovating part of the exterior of the mansion.