The Museo Nacional Aeronáutica y del Espacio (MNAE) is an institution responsible for disseminating the aeronautical heritage in

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History

It was created on July 13, 1944, as Museo de Aviación, during the government of Juan Antonio Ríos, by Supreme_Decree No. 486, which stipulated, among other things, that it would be located in

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, that it would depend on the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics and that it would be developed thanks to

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s and expenditures. Originally located at Cathedral Street in Central Santiago, it later moved to other facilities belonging to the Directorate of Aeronautics and the Museo Histórico Nacional. In 1968, it was transferred to the Paris Pavilion of the

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, which is now occupied by the Museo Artequin; Finally, on September 20, 1988, construction began on the modern museum building, located in Cerrillos commune on land that previously belonged to Los Cerrillos Airport (Avenida Pedro Aguirre Cerda No. 5000). The architect in charge of its design was Fernando Torres Arancibia. On March 9, 1992, the museum was inaugurated by the then

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, the minister of defense, Patricio Rojas, the commander in chief of the Fuerza Aérea de Chile, Ramón Vega, the general director of civil aeronautics, José de la Fuente, and the director of the museum, Mario Jahn. Later, the then president,

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, signed Supreme Decree No. 800 of October 26, 1995, with which the character of "national" was recognized and it obtained its current name.Ogden 2008, p. 537 Due to the

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pandemic, the MNAE has been closed to the public since April 2020, and there is no date for its definitive reopening.

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Official websiteMuseo Artequin
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