The museum is located at Estado Nº 685 in Rancagua. The building is typical of the colonial architectural style of the 18th Century. The exact date of building is not known, however, records from 1797 show that a Rancagua resident with the surname of Rodriguez sold it to Francisco Baeza. The museum was founded in 1970 and is laid...

The water wheels are located 77km from Rancagua and 5km from Pichidegua. This ingenious and unique irrigation system dates back to the 18th Century. It allows irrigation of land which has no other means of irrigation. The water wheels, which are joined at the axis by two strong columns, are turned by the water's current lifting the water...