Gold Museum, Bogotá

The Museo del Oro ( Spanish El Museo del Oro officially del Banco de la República de Colombia, German Gold Museum of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia) is a museum, with headquarters in Bogotá, Colombia. It is mostly made crafted of gold pre-Columbian artifacts. The museum was founded by the Banco de la República de Colombia, the State Bank in 1939 for the protection of the archaeological heritage of the state.

Outstanding properties

The collection of pre-Columbian gold objects is unique in the world and is considered the largest of its kind ( 35,000 pieces). Among the exhibits but can also be found made ​​of clay, stone, shells, wood and textiles fabricated objects. These are:

• Gold raft of Eldorado: The bed is manufactured out of filigree gold raft, 600 AD - 1600 AD from Pasca that represents the El Dorado ceremony
• Poporo: a golden container for storage of lime, about 500 AD from San Pedro de Urabá was the first acquisition of the museum

Structure

The ground floor is the reception and checkout. On the first floor are for the most part not the golden exhibits to see and an introduction to the geographical and historical context of the finds. The second and third floor contains almost exclusively gold objects.

The museum is located in front of the Parque Santander in a TransMilenio station, which bears the same name. Is headed by Clara Isabel Botero Museum.

Regional Museums

The Banco de la República also supports the following regional branch museums of the Museo del Oro:

• Museo del Oro Tairona in Santa Marta.
• Museo del Oro Zenú in Cartagena de Indias.
• Museo del Oro Quimbaya, Armenia.
• Museo del Oro en Manizales in Manizales.
• Museo del Oro Calima in Cali.
• Museo del Oro in Pasto, Nariño.
• Museo Etnográfico in Leticia.