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A unique collection of
golden masterpieces!
The Banco de la República Gold Museum,
in Bogota, Colombia, displays an extraordinary selection of
its pre-Hispanic goldwork collection - the biggest in the
world. Together with other pottery, stone, shell, wood and
textile archaeological objects, these items testify to the
life and thought of different societies which inhabited what
is now known as Colombia before contact was made with Europe.
A glimpse on our exhibitions
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We just opened four new and contemporary galleries
On Sundays the Museum is crowded due to free
entrance. Did you know that the Museum Restaurant is the best
place to have lunch during your visit to downtown Bogota? Did you know that the most enjoyable way to tour the Gold Museum exhibitions is with the pre-recorded Audioguides?
Plan your next visit
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A special report on Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia's mountain capital, has a population of 8 million, more than London. Its ancient quarter still has houses built by Spaniards in the 17th and 18th centuries and boasts the finest museums in Latin America. The Gold Museum's tiny raft of El Dorado shows native people throwing offerings into a lake, a legend that spurred history's greediest treasure hunt. Made of spun gold, the raft seems to float serene, spot-lit in a darkened room, surely the most exquisite pre-Columbian object anywhere.
Read
an article by Simon Jenkins in The Guardian |
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Where do you want to go in 2008?
The New York Times chose Bogotá among the “53 places to go in 2008”. So did many tourists that visit the Gold Museum in Bogotá and Cartagena. So, what’s on your travel itinerary in the new year?
“…this Colombian megalopolis — the fourth-largest city in South America — is cleaning up its act and drawing tourists with its cultural diversity and colonial charms".
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Gold in the Americas
Under this title the Musée de la Civilisation
at Quebec, Canadá, presents an exhibition of golden pieces from nine countries, and among them those of the Museo del Oro of Colombia.
See their web page
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