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  2. Pre-Columbian Gold Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Pre-Columbian Gold Museum (Spanish: Museo del Oro Precolombino, officially Spanish: Museo de Oro Precolombino Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) is a museum in San José, Costa Rica. It is located in a subterranean building underneath the "Plaza de la Cultura" and is owned and curated by the Banco Central de Costa Rica.

  3. Gold Museum, Bogotá - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Quimbaya artifacts - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Quimbaya - Wikipedia

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    These are a range of primarily ceramic and gold objects surviving from the Quimbaya civilisation, which was one of many pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia inhabiting the Middle Cauca River valley and southern Antioquian region of modern day Colombia. The artifacts are believed to have originated during the Classical Quimbaya period 500 BC–600 AD.

  6. Pre-Columbian Precious Metals Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Pre-Columbian Precious Metals Museum is a museum located in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. This museum was inaugurated in 1984. [1] It operates on Jaén Street, in a historic building that is part of Bolivia's cultural heritage, with monumental status.

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    Enjoy stunning Central Valley mountain views while being close to the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, Museo del Jade, Irazú Volcano National Park, and La Paz Waterfall Gardens. Shop Now.

  8. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America - Wikipedia

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    The gold Muisca raft is probably the best-known single object. This is in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, the largest of the six "gold museums" owned by the Central Bank of Colombia displaying gold from the Muisca and other pre-Columbian cultures in the country.

  9. Quimbaya Museum - Wikipedia

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    Image of Quimbaya Museum. Quimbaya Museum is a museum located in Armenia, Colombia designed by Colombian Architect Rogelio Salmona.It displays a large collection of pre-Columbian artcrafts: about 390 gold objects, 104 pieces of pottery, 22 stone sculptures, carved woods, and other objects, mainly from the pre-Columbian Quimbaya civilization, Embera and some other amerindian tribes.