Museo Nacional Ferrioviario Pablo Neruda Temuco

The Pablo Neruda National Railway Museum, inaugurated on February 24, 2004, is for the city of Temuco, Capital of the Ninth Region of La Araucanía, a piece of history detained in time. Its assessment is present in the hearts of many men and women, who lived through the splendor of this railway complex, or who wish to learn about the origins of our young city.

This railway complex, which is located northeast of Temuco, in the sector called station, was owned by the Chilean State Railway Company until 2001, the year it was transferred to the Temuco Municipality.

As of this date, this building entity has promoted the project of the National Railway Museum with the intention of conserving and recovering the railway heritage, encouraging and guiding the urban development of the sector and offering an alternative of cultural tourist attraction for the city.

In this way, in its first stage this project included the repair of the Machine House, today the Site Museum, and the Administration Building, in addition to the restoration of an important part of the existing cars and locomotives in the complex.
This is how we have focused our efforts on the task of dignifying, preserving and recovering this railway complex that was declared a National Historical Monument in 1989 and registered since 1998 as a World Heritage Site on the tentative list of UNESCO.