Until the huge project for remodelling and transforming the Gold Museum of the Banco de la República is completed during the second half of 2008, you can visit an extraordinary sample of its pre-Hispanic metal crafts in the Art Museum of the Banco de la República, at the Manzana Cultural (The Cultural Block) in front of the Luis Angel Arango Library.

The sacred metal objects for the indigenous cultures, together with other archaeological objects in ceramics, stone, shell, metal and textiles, evidence the life and line of thought of different societies living in Colombia, before the contact with Europe.

This page contains information which will enable you to prepare a visit to the Museum.

Visit the temporary exhibit of the Gold Museum in the Art Museum of the Banco de la República, Calle 11 No. 4-21, Second Floor.

The Offerings Room, in the traditional premises of the Gold Museum, is under work.

The Gold Museum exhibit on Calle 11 will be open from Monday to Saturday, between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. (closed on Tuesdays), and Sundays and holidays, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Free entrance.

Guided visits, from Monday to Saturday (closed on Tuesdays):

Sundays:

Visiting a museum is a wonderful activity for the family to enjoy together and everybody will have happy memories to cherish. The parents can invite their sons and daughters, and the grandparents can take their grandchildren, to walk through the exhibit of the Gold Museum on show at the Art Museum of the Banco de la República with an introduction which shall change everybody’s perspective.

The Popón de Ubaque Chief is an immersive interactive video discovering the amazing pre-Hispanic iconographic universe: is this the shape of a bird or a fish? Why did the indigenous communities represent so many jaguars? What a transformation!

The Chief —a Muisca Wizard from the times of the conquest— transforms children and adults into researchers of the wonderful objects composing the archaeological collections of the Gold Museum. So after this experience, that lasts 20 minutes, the family will thoroughly enjoy visiting the rooms in the Museum together.

Sponsored by the Amigos de las Colecciones de Arte del Banco de la República Foundation, and by Chevron and Gas Natural.

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You may use the parking lot of the Luis Angel Arango Library at Carrera 5 No. 11-68 (cars and bikes).

The telephone number of the parking lot is (571)3432930.

In the store at the entrance of the Art Museum (next to Juan Valdés Coffee Shop) you will find books and booklets on Colombian pre-Columbian metal crafts, illustrated luxurious books on different topics related to Colombia. You can also find certified replicas of jewels selected from the Museum’s collection and different mementos of your visit to the Museum like pencils and erasers, ties and scarves made of Italian silk, cups and bookmarks with pre-Hispanic designs.

The telephone number of the shop is (571)3432919.

The Culture Block has a Juan Valdés Coffee Shop and a restaurant. You will find other good restaurants on Calle 11, between Carreras 5 and 6.

The Gold Museum Coffee Shop – Restaurant is still open on Calle 16 No. 5-41, telephone number (571) 2829205.

Photographing and video recording the exhibitions is permitted, without the use of flash or tripods, provided it is for private, non-professional and non-commercial use.

We like very much your photos!

In the case of professional photography or television, please send an email with the intended use. We may also offer you, for sale, a wide range of photographs of objects in the Museum, for publication.

You can write to us by post at the following address:

Museo del Oro
Banco de la República
Calle 16 No. 5-41
Bogotá, 1
Colombia

Fax (571)2847450

To contact us by e-mail, see our Write to us page.