La Montaña se abre: The Mountain Opens Up: A Traveling Natural Laboratory
A temporary exhibition set up in a strategic venue, presenting mountain knowledge through a range of visual, sound and sensory formats.
What is its goal?
To share the scientific and local knowledge of the Southern Andes of Chile through graphic, sound and audiovisual media. soportes gráficos, sonoros y audiovisuales, los conocimientos científicos y locales de Los Andes del Sur de Chile.
The exhibition is supported by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) and Fundación Mar Adentro.
2025 exhibition results
520
Visitors
96
Exhibition pieces
20
Thematic talks
8
Thematic workshops
3
Cities: Curarrehue, Puerto Varas and Valdivia
Exhibition design and installation (2025)
Felipe Araya
felipearaya.com
Script and design
Felipe Orrego
@proyecto.pez
Fabrication and technical production
Contributions of materials, content and photographs
Associated departments, laboratories and units:Departamentos, laboratorios y unidades asociadas:
Museology Office
School of Archaeology
Dendrochronology Laboratory
Paleontology Laboratory
Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory
Glaciology Laboratory
Forest Ecology Laboratory
Austral Patagonia Program
Centers and museums
Araucanía Interactive Volcanology Center
MIRAS Museum
National Museum of Natural History of Chile (archaeological pieces – 3D model)
UC Center for Local Development
Contributions of materials, content and photographs
Collectives and artisans
Agencia de Borde (ceramics)
Marcela Meza (ñocha fiber crafts)
Futa Mawiza
"Kamañ Lafken" women artisans' group (weaving)
National and international organizations
FAO Chile
Kütralkura Geopark
Individual contributors
Daniel Basualto
Jürgen Schaefer
Claudia Dauré Bahamondes
Tomás Tapia
Robinson Silva
Exhibition modules
Visitors to the exhibition found stations such as: The Volcanoes of the Southern Andes of Chile; A Geopark in the Southern Andes of Chile; The Memory of the Earth in the Southern Andes of Chile; Vagarosa: How can the force that shapes the Southern Andes of Chile be turned into movement?; Ecotones and The Memory of the Forest; Andean Temperate Forest; Twisted Trees; Earthquake in the South; Fossils in the Southern Andes Natural Laboratory; The Mountain as a Water Tower; Mountain Gardens: A Heritage of Life and Biodiversity; Biosphere Reserves in the Natural Laboratory; Ancient and Recent History: The Settlement of the Southern Andes; Ancestral System of the Pehuenche Cordillera; Fundo Enco of COFOMAP, photo archive and map archive.
