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'{{more references|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox museum | name = Museum of Gold | native_name = Museo del Oro | native_name_lang = Spanish | logo = | image = BOG 04 2012 Museo de Oro 1273.JPG | caption = View of the Museum of Gold | alt = | map_type = Colombia | map_caption = | latitude = | former_name = | established = 22 December 1939 | dissolved = | location = Carrera 6 # 15-82<br/>(Parque Santander)<br/>[[Bogotá]], {{flag|Colombia}} | coordinates = {{coord|4|36|06|N|74|04|19|W|type:landmark_source:kolossus-eswiki_region:CO|display=inline,title}} | type = | visitors = | director = María Alicia Uribe Villegas | president = | curator = | publictransit = [[File:J-Eje Ambiental.png|20px]][[Museo del Oro (TransMilenio)|Museo del Oro]] | car_park = | website = [http://www.banrepcultural.org/gold-museum Official website] | network = | imagesize = 200 | map_alt = | collection = }} [[File:Muisca raft Legend of El Dorado Offerings of gold.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Muisca raft]] is the main piece in the Offering Boat Room]] [[File:Calima Heart-shaped pectoral.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Calima culture]] heart-shaped pectoral as displayed in the temporary exhibition of Museum of Gold's exhibits at the [[Royal Castle, Warsaw|Royal Castle]] in [[Warsaw]]]] [[File:Gold museum logo.svg|thumb|right|200px|Logo of the museum with the seal of the Banco de la República, next to the museum]] The '''Museum of Gold''' ({{lang-es|El Museo del Oro}}) is a famous [[museum]] located in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]. It is one of the most visited touristic highlights of Colombia.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bogotatravelguide.com/places-to-go-in-bogota/gold-museum.php | title=The 22 Places To Go in Bogotá: Museum of Gold | publisher=Bogotá Travel Guide] | accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref> The museum receives around 500,000 tourists per year.<ref name=SemanaMuseo>{{es}} [http://www.semana.com/cultura/articulo/los-75-del-museo-del-oro/409766-3 Los 75 del Museo del Oro] - [[Semana (Colombia)|Semana]]</ref> == Overview == The museum displays a selection of [[pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian]] succcccccccccccccccccccgold and other metal alloys, such as ''[[Tumbaga]]'', –contains the largest collection of gold in the world– in its exhibition rooms on the second and third floors. Together with [[pottery]], [[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 the conquest of the [[Spanish conquest of the Americas|Spanish]]. == History == In 1934, the [[Bank of the Republic]] began helping to protect the [[archaeology|archaeological]] [[National patrimony|patrimony]] of [[Colombia]].{{fact|date=January 2014}} The object known as [[Poporo Quimbaya]] was the first one in a collection. It has been on exhibition for 70 years.{{when|date=January 2014}} The museum houses the famous [[Muisca raft|Muisca golden raft]] found in [[Pasca]] in 1929, that represents the ceremony of the new ''[[zipa]]'' (ruler) of Bacatá, basis for the ''[[El Dorado]]'' myth. 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 pre-Hispanic [[Colombia]]". In glass cases it displays the goldsmith work of the different cultures which inhabited Colombia before the Spanish colonists arrived; the room is divided into different halls for every culture; [[Calima culture|Calima]], [[Quimbaya]], [[Muisca people|Muisca]], [[Zenú]], [[Tierradentro]], [[San Agustín Archaeological Park|San Agustín]], [[Panche people|Tolima]], [[Tairona]] and Urabá, and a special room called "After [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]]" (''Después de Colón''). The exposition continues on the third floor, with "The Flying Chamanic" and "The Offering". The first shows the process of a [[shaman]] 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 is a "Profunditation Room" with artistic videos about the most important gold pieces of the museum. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Peças do museu do ouro (3326024913).jpg|Gold pieces File:Poporoquimbaya.JPG|Poporo Quimbaya File:Museo del Oro - Tolima pectoral.jpg|Pectoral Tolima culture File:Museo Del Oro, Bogota (24580555593).jpg|Golden mask </gallery> <gallery> File:Museo Del Oro, Bogota (24546916613).jpg|Golden sea snail File:Muisca Tunjo 2 - Museo del Oro - Bogotá.jpg|''[[Tunjo]]'' File:Museo del Oro San Agustín golden fish.jpg|Golden fish File:Musée del Oro (46).JPG|Golden plate </gallery> {{clearboth}} == See also == {{Portal|Archaeology|Colombia}} * [[Muisca people|Muisca]] * [[Muisca art]] * [[Quimbaya culture]] * [[Calima culture]] * [[Quimbaya museum]] == References == {{reflist|30em}} == External links == {{commons category|Museo del Oro, Bogotá}} * {{en icon}} {{official website|http://www.banrepcultural.org/gold-museum}} * {{es icon}} {{official website|http://www.banrepcultural.org/museo-del-oro}} * [http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/119785/rec/1 The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection], an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material relevant to holdings at the Gold Museum {{Treasures of Colombia}} {{Muisca navbox|Research}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gold Museum, Bogota}} [[Category:Museums established in 1939]] [[Category:1939 establishments in Colombia]] [[Category:Museums in Bogotá]] [[Category:Art museums and galleries in Colombia]] [[Category:Civilization museums]] [[Category:Mining museums]] [[Category:Jewellery museums]] [[Category:Landmarks in Colombia]] [[Category:Archaeology of Colombia]] [[Category:Gold mining]] [[Category:National Monuments of Colombia]] [[Category:Muisca art museums]] [[Category:Pre-Columbian art]]'