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Bogota's Museo del Oro (Gold Museum) houses the finest collection of pre-Columbian gold in the world, boasting 33.000 individual pieces, from simple earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings and figurines to some of the most beautifully crafted breastplates and masks. The exhibition offers insight into the historical, geographical and social development of pre-Columbian cultures through stone, clay, bone, textiles and, of course, gold.
On the first floor is the museum's main entrance, the shop and a restaurant. As it started to rain I decided to have a lunch. I had pasta with broccoli, feijoa juice and espresso, and paid 19.000 COP. The food was nice but quite expensive for Colombian standards.
The exhibition begins on the second floor and continues on the third. The most beautiful collection is housed in a huge vault on the third floor. There is the magical Salon Dorado with breathtaking display featuring 8.000 pieces of shimmering gold.
The Museo also offers special tours, educational programs to students and artistic videos about the most important gold pieces of the museum.
It is open Tue-Sat 09:00am-06:00pm, Sun and public holidays 10:00am-04:00pm (closed Mon). Entrance is 2.700 COP (December 2008) and it's free on Sunday. Phone: 1 343 2221Directions: take a bus with destination Las Aguas and get of at Museo del Oro or a TransMilenio to Museo del OroWebsite: %s4%cbwww.banrep.org/museo/eng/home.htm%s*%c* Other Contact: wmuseo@banrep.gov.co
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The Gold Museum in Bogotá has got a fantastic collection of gold objects from many pre-Hispanic cultures in Colombia. It is displayed in a very good way and the different cultures are presented. Altogether the museum has got around 50 000 objects of gold, wood, pottery, textile and stone in its collection. To be able to show more the museum is now building more galleries for exhibitions which should be ready in 2008. The gold museum in Bogotá is one of the most important gold museums in the world, if not the most important one. Don’t miss it!
I visited the Gold Museum on a holiday and then admission was free. There was a lot of visitors, but I arrived early and then there was no queue jet. When I left the museum there was a long line of people outside waiting to enter.
The museum is closed on Mondays. It is open Tuesday - Saturday between 9 - 18, and on Sundays (and holidays) between 10 - 16. Leave a Comment Phone: 1 - 284 7450Directions: Recommendable to take a TransMilenio from Autonorte southbound to Av. Jimenez, switch Eastbound until reaching the pedestrian area, then 6 blocks NE bound.Website: http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/home4.htm
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 by el_ruso
The main exhibit is as awesome as it is easy to miss. When you get to the top floor, walk into the large dark round room. The doors will close, and the lights will gradually turn on to reveal the treasures inside. DON'T MISS IT! Leave a Comment Directions: Recommendable to take a TransMilenio from Autonorte southbound to Av. Jimenez, switch Eastbound until reaching the pedestrian area, then 6 blocks NE bound.Website: http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/home4.htm
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 by acemjLeave a Comment Directions: Recommendable to take a TransMilenio from Autonorte southbound to Av. Jimenez, switch Eastbound until reaching the pedestrian area, then 6 blocks NE bound.Website: http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/home4.htm
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A fascinating museum that holds a collection of emeralds (4 of the largest in the world are on display here) and over 10000 gold pieces. The collection traces its beginnings back to the Quimbay and Chibcha Indian tribes. On the ground floor you will find antique pottery dating back 1000 years most if it used in burials. The most exciting part of the museum is on the third floor and when you walk up the stairs on front of you are armed guards.. guarding the vaults. The doors are inches thick, when you enter its in complete darkness and the doors are closed behind you? the room is slowly illuminated by the site of gold everywhere it?s truly amazing and overwhelming. English speaking tour guides will give you all the history. I can?t remember what the cost was into the museum something like 1 euro if even that. You can also buy replicas in the souvenir shop. Leave a Comment
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The Museo Del Oro is supposed to be the most important gold museum in the world, containing over 34,000 peices of gold.
The admition price is cheap (though I don't remember exactly). Once inside, the first floor consists largely of pottery items from before the Spanish arrived on the scene. Moving on to upstairs is where most of the gold is, though lookout, as you could easily miss the two main exibits!
From pictures I had seen on brochures, they have this boat made of gold. I was expecting something a little bigger than what it was, just a few centimetres long and hiding away in the dark. The other is a vault containing thousands of peices of gold. The doors will invariably be closed, and the guard didn't tell me I could go in there. I just happened to be lucky that some folks came out while I was standing there, so then I knew I could go in. After the vault on the right is a sort of 'multimedia' room, containing computers which you can use to look up info on the gold peices and whatnot. There is also a short computer animated video depicting a 'shamanic flight' and how some of the gold peices tie into this.
Tue-Sat, 9am-6pm. Sun, 10am-4pm. Leave a Comment
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 by travelifeLeave a Comment Directions: Recommendable to take a TransMilenio from Autonorte southbound to Av. Jimenez, switch Eastbound until reaching the pedestrian area, then 6 blocks NE bound.Website: http://www.banrep.gov.co/museo/home4.htm
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Museo del Oro (Gold Museum)
A first-rate museum dedicated to the pre-Columbian natives use of gold in everyday and ceremonial life.
Excellent descriptive exhibits which introduce the various communities that existed before Europeans arrived: their culture, traditions, ceremonies, and beliefs.
Over 10,000 pieces of gold and some other precious metals are on exhibit, as well as many pieces of ceramic and other archaeological materials.
I highly recommend renting the audiotour:
Spanish - 1000 pesos (less than US$.50)
English or French - 5000 pesos (about US$2.30)
Plan at least 2 hours. There's a nice little museum shop, also across the street there's a market with many vendors that sell some comparable items for less.
This is a MUST SEE! Leave a Comment Directions: Carrera 6, esquina calle 16 Parque de Santander Sante Fe de Bogota, Colombia Hours: Closed Monday, Tuesday to Saturday 9am-4:30pm, Sunday and Holidays 10am-4:30pmOther Contact: Telephone: 571-342-1111 ext. 454
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 by Ossi.P
The Museo del Oro contains more the 33.600 pieces of all Indian cultures of Colombia!(Muisca, Tairona, Quimbaya, Sinú, etc.) Leave a Comment Directions: Museo del Oro Calle 16 No. 5-41 Santafé de Bogotá, ColombiaOther Contact: Opening hours: -Tuesday thru Sat
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 by viajeromaga
The National Archaeological Museum exhibits utensils, stone carvings, textiles, gold works, and other materials found at sites throughout the country. The famous Gold Museum features a noted collection of pre-Columbian gold objects. Directions: The museum is located in downtown in front of Plaza de Santander and nexto to Federal Reserve Bank (Banco de la Repubica de Colombia).
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