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The Museum of Gold (Spanish: Museo del Oro) is an archaeology museum located in Bogotá, Colombia. It is one of the most visited touristic highlights in the country. [1] The museum receives around 500,000 tourists per year. [2] The museum displays a selection of pre-Columbian gold and other metal alloys, such as Tumbaga, and contains the ...
This is a list of museum collections pertaining to the Muisca. Most of the Muisca artefacts are housed in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, the museum with the most golden objects in the world. Other findings are in the Archaeology Museum in Sogamoso and in the Archaeology Museum of Pasca. Few artefacts are on display outside Colombia.
Map of pre-Columbian cultures Poporo Quimbaya in the Gold Museum, Bogotá Colombia Seated gold figure from the Museo de América (Museum of America). Quimbaya artifacts refer to a range of primarily ceramic and gold objects surviving from the Quimbaya civilisation, one of many pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia inhabiting the Middle Cauca River valley and southern Antioquian region of modern ...
English: Muisca raft in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia. This raft made of gold was found in Pasca, Cundinamarca, in 1969, and is associated with the legend of El Dorado, representing the ceremony that used to take place in Lake Guatavita where the zipa would cover his body in gold dust and drop gold and emerald offerings into the lake.
Gold Museum may refer to: Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia; Gold Museum (Taiwan), Taipei, Taiwan; Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World, Lima, Peru; Toi Gold Museum, Izu, Japan; Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
Gold Museum, Bogotá: Museo del Oro Bogotá: Archeology International Museum of the Emerald Museo Internacional De La Esmeralda Bogotá: Mineral Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Museum: Casa Museo Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Bogotá: History José Royo y Gómez Geological Museum: Museo Geologico José Royo y Gómez Bogotá: Science Maloka Museum: Maloka Bogotá ...
The museum sees over 500,000 visitors annually, including 2,000 students per month. [1] The museum is managed by the cultural branch of the Bank of the Republic and is part of La Candelaria cultural complex along with the Gold Museum , the Luis Ángel Arango Library , the Miguel Urrutia Art Museum , and the Museo Casa de Moneda .
Zenú lost wax cast gold earring, AD 800 - San Antonio Museum of Art Lowland Zenú cast-gold bird ornament that served as a staff head, dated 490 CE. This culture used alloys with a high gold content. The crest of the bird exemplifies the cast semi-filigree technique - Gold Museum, Bogota