Pandemic fallout puts Pablo Neruda's legacy at risk
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Museum houses out of funds
Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's museum houses are at risk of shutting down for good, the management says. This is because after forced closures and a sharp drop in tourism caused by the coronavirus pandemic dried up funds.
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Closed for 17 months
The three museum houses, located in central Chile, were closed for 17 months due to the pandemic. They reopened last September after health measures loosened, aided by a strong vaccination campaign.
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One of the greatest
Neruda, one of the most influential and widely read 20th-century poets of the Americas, received the Nobel Literature in 1971. He died in 1973 and it is on a plot in one of these museums, the Casa de Isla Negra, that the poet was buried.
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Before the pandemic
The poet's three museum houses used to receive up to a total of 350,000 visitors each year before the pandemic. Most visitors were foreign tourists and students, but the museums also hosted literary workshops and cultural activities.
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Knocking on doors
After the reopening the number of visitors have come down to a fraction. The foundation running the museum is knocking on doors to build alliances with the government and private companies.