Museo Artequin
Iron, steel and zinc exposition pavilion from eighteen eighty-nine Paris, now filled with reproductions of world-famous paintings.
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This guide to Museo Artequin in Santiago traces the 1889 Paris pavilion built from iron, steel and zinc for the World's Fair marking the French Revolution's centenary, the same fair that gave the city the Eiffel Tower. It follows Chilean minister Carlos Antúñez's bet to build a pavilion that could be taken apart bolt by bolt and shipped home, and the ocean crossing that carried it from Paris to Valparaíso and on to Santiago. Listen for how long the crates sat boxed up before anyone put the building back together.
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