Andes Museum 1972

The Andes Museum 1972 is located in the Old City of Montevideo, Uruguay's capital city. It is a museum dedicated to the narrative of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was involved in a plane catastrophe in the Andes in 1972, involving a group of Uruguayan rugby players, their friends, and relatives who were on their way to Chile when the plane crashed. Some of them were members of the Old Christians rugby club. The tragedy killed 29 people and prompted survivors to resort to cannibalism in order to survive for 72 days in subzero temperatures. The museum also includes movies and documentation from survivors telling their own stories.

Notwithstanding the sad tragedy, the museum emphasizes a message of hope and recalls the remarkable courage of the two survivors who finally sought rescue long after the search had been called off by hiking for 10 days away from the wreckage and over the snow-covered Andes. As stated in the museum visitor's book, many people from all over the world visit this museum since it is a social studies object. As a result, there is graphic and textual information available in both Spanish and English.

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Address: Rincón 619, 11000 Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, Uruguay
Phone: +598 2916 94 61
Website: https://mandes.uy/en/inicio-english/