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'{{Infobox museum | name = Gold Museum | native_name = Museo del Oro | native_name_lang = es | image = Gold museum logo.svg | imagesize = 200 | caption = Logo of the Gold Museum with the official seal of the Bank of the Republic. | alt = | map_type = | map_caption = | map_alt = | latitude = | longitude = | coordinates_type = | established = 1939 | dissolved = | location = Carrera 6 # 15-82<br/>(Parque Santander)<br/>[[Bogotá]], {{flag|Colombia}} | type = | collection = | visitors = | director = Clara Isabel Botero | president = | curator = | publictransit = [[File:J-Eje Ambiental.png|20px]][[Museo del Oro (TransMilenio)|Museo del Oro]] Also Bogota's bus system. | car_park = | network = | website = [http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/eng/ Gold Museum] }} [[File:Muisca raft Legend of El Dorado Offerings of gold.jpg|thumb|The [[Muisca raft]] is the main piece in the Offering Boat Room.]] [[File:Museodeloro (1).jpg|thumb]] The '''Gold Museum''' ({{lang-es|El Museo del Oro}}) is a [[museum]] located in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]. It displays an extraordinary selection of its [[Pre-Columbian|pre-Hispanic]] gold work collection - the biggest in the world - in its exhibition rooms on the second and third floors. Together with other [[pottery]], [[Rock (geology)|stone]], [[Animal shell|shell]], [[wood]] and [[textile]] [[archaeology|archaeological]] objects, these items, made of what to [[amerindian|indigenous]] cultures was a sacred [[metal]], testify to the life and thought of different societies which inhabited what is now known as [[Colombia]] before contact was made with [[Europe]]. == History == In 1939 the [[Bank of the Republic]] began helping to protect the [[archaeology|archaeological]] [[National patrimony|patrimony]] of [[Colombia]]. The object known as [[Poporo Quimbaya]] was the first one in a collection. It has been on exhibition for 65 years. The museum houses the famous [[Muisca raft|Muisca's golden raft]] found in [[Pasca]] in 1969, that represents the [[El Dorado]] ceremony. The heir to the chieftaincy assumed power with a great offering to the gods. In this representation he is seen standing at the centre of a raft, surrounded by the principal chieftains, all of them adorned with [[gold]] and feathers. After a decade of works, the museum was expanded and renovated in October 2008. With the renovation, the museum organized the permanent exhibition in five rooms with archaeological objects and an interactive room. It also added an auditorium, some temporary exhibitions rooms, a cafe, a restaurant and a souvenir store. == Description == The museum has a collection of 55,000 pieces. 6,000 pieces are on display in their expanded building. There are bilingual descriptions of almost all exhibits. On the first floor is the museum's main entrance, the shop and a restaurant, The Gold Museum Restaurant and Café. On the second floor the exposition begins, the Main Room is called People and Gold in prehispanic [[Colombia]]. Through its glass cases it displays the goldsmith work of the different cultures which inhabited Colombia before the Spanish people arrived; the room is divided into different halls for every culture; [[Calima culture|Calima]], [[Quimbaya]], [[Muisca]], Zenu, Tierradentro, San Augustín, Tolima, Tayrona and Uraba, and a special room called After [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]] (Despues de Colón). The exposition continues on the third floor, with The Flying Chamanic and The Offering. The first shows the process of Chaman's Ceremony with its different gold pieces, the second is divided into three parts; the Offering Room, the Offering Boat and the Lake. At the end of the exposition there's a Profunditation Room with artistic videos about the most important gold pieces of the museum. ==English Guided Tours== Monday to Saturday (closed Tuesday) 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggggggggg == See also== {{portal|Colombia}} *Bank of the Republic [[Quimbaya museum]] == External links == {{commons category|Museo del Oro}} * {{en icon}} {{official website|http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/eng/home.htm}} * {{es icon}} {{official website|http://www.banrepcultural.org/museo-del-oro}} * {{es icon}} [http://www.museodeloro.web.com.co/ www.museodeloro.web.com.co ] Visita virtual * {{en icon}} [http://www.bogotatravelguide.com/places-to-go-in-bogota/gold-museum.php Places To Go in Bogotá: Gold Museum video and information] {{coord|4|36|06|N|74|04|19|W|type:landmark_source:kolossus-eswiki|display=title}} [[Category:Civilization museums]] [[Category:Museums in Bogotá]] [[Category:Landmarks in Colombia]] [[Category:Archaeology of Colombia]] [[Category:Mining museums]] [[Category:Jewellery museums]] [[de:Museo del Oro]] [[es:Museo del Oro]] [[fr:Musée de l'Or (Bogotá)]] [[it:Museo dell'oro del Banco della Repubblica di Colombia]] [[lt:Aukso muziejus]] [[no:Museo del Oro]] [[pl:Muzeum Złota w Bogocie]] [[pt:Museu do Ouro (Bogotá)]]'