Images of natives of the Southern Cone (Mapuche and Fuegians), who were taken to Europe at the end of the 19th century to be exhibited in what became known as “human zoos”. The practice of anthropozoological exhibitions (of human beings and animals in the same context) lasted approximately half a century (from 1880 to 1930).

The exhibition is based on the publication by Christian Báez (Chile) and Peter Mason (United Kingdom): “Zoológicos humanos. Fotografías de fueguinos y mapuches en el Jardín d’ Acclimatation de París, siglo XIX.” and exhibits photographs provided by the Sociéte Géographique, today held in the archive of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

Under the auspices of the Embassy of Chile.