Museo de Maria Elena

Through a significant ceremony it was officially delivered to the authorities of María Elena on Thursday, March 19 by the Ministry of Public Works, the building of the former Consolidated School fully restored in its first stage with a state investment of more than one billion pesos .

The recovered construction, which dates from 1927, will now house the new Community Museum.

The event was attended by distinguished personalities such as the Minister of Public Works, Alberto Undurraga Vicuña, the Governor of the Tocopilla province, Sergio Carvajal Salas, the Mayor of the commune Jorge Godoy Bolvarán, the National Director of Architecture of the Ministry of Works Public, Mrs. Claudia Silva and the Seremi of Public Works, César Benítez, among other high authorities of the province and the region.

During the ceremony, Minister Undurraga gave Mayor Godoy the keys to the property, which from now on is being protected and managed by the pampino Municipality.

The emblematic building will soon be fully implemented so that in the shortest time it can open its doors and thus show the visitor a clear and objective vision of the prehistory, history and future projections of the sector.