Museo del Oro, Banco de la República

		The Gold Museum is changing... for you! The Banco de la República opened his new museum building in 2004, with two new permanent exhibition galleries, an auditorium and a restaurant-café. Now we are working to enlarge the exhibition areas and offer visitors another two permanent galleries in 2008, together with a temporary exhibitions gallery and an Exploratorium for children and youngsters. When the two buildings are joined, they will form the Gold Museum of the Banco de la República that future generations will enjoy. Find more information on our Project.

		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

		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". The article \| Plan your visit to the Gold Museum

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Last reviewed 06.03.2008