GOLD MUSEUM

DIVISION OF THE MUSEUM

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Floor 3 Floor1 BOX OFFICE STORE RESTAURANT LOCKERS INFORMATION

METALLURGY METALWORKING PEOPLE AND HISPANIC GOLD IN

COLOMBIA EARLY AMERICAN SETTLERS

ROOM OFFERING COSMOLOGY AND SYMBOLISM

CONSULTING ROOM

EXPLORATORY TERRACE SCREENING ROOM EDUCATIONAL

WORKSHOPS

FLOORS -2, -3 TEMPORARY EXHIBITION

FLOOR 1: NO SERVICE ON MONDAYS

TUESDAY TO SATURDAY 09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.. SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS 10:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.

SCHEDULE

Tuesday to Saturday, $ 3,000 Holidays, $ 3,000Sundays free entry for all.

RATES

BE PHOTOGRAPHED AND VIDEOTAPED DISPLAYS WITHOUT USING FLASH OR TRIPOD AND FOR PRIVATE USE.FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOTS OR VIDEO, OR IF YOU ARE A JOURNALIST

PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

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METALLURGY, AND TECHNOLOGIES IN GENERAL, IS INTERTWINED WITH THE WORLDVIEW, POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. WHEN POPULATIONS OF COLOMBIA GOLDSMITHS CHOSE THE MATERIALS, MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES AND THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION, THEY DID NOT ONLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO AND MAINLY BY CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS. BUT WHILE IT WAS A PRODUCT, METALLURGY TRANSFORMED SOCIETY.

METALLURGY

• MetalworkingIN THE ROOM THE METALWORKING PROCESSES ARE DISCOVERED MINING, SMELTING AND METAL WORKING BEHIND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE METAL OBJECTS FROM THE MUSEUM OF GOLDTHE GOLDSMITH, ALSO A MINER, BECAME THE MATERIALS GIVEN TO THEM BY NATURE TO CREATE THESE TIMELESS WORKS OF ART THAT MAKE THEM WORTHY OF ADMIRATION.DESHACER CAMBIOS

THE GOLD MUSEUM COLLECTION, STARTED IN 1939 BY THE CENTRAL BANK, BRINGS SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE OF HUMAN GROUPS THAT LIVED IN COLOMBIA FOR 2500 YEARS UNTIL THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST. WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE, HOW THEY LIVE?, WHAT WERE THEIR BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS, HOW THEY RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT?THE ROOM PEOPLE AND GOLD IN PREHISPANIC COLOMBIA OFFERS A JOURNEY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY MEXICO TO LEARN CLIMATES, ENVIRONMENTS AND ANCIENT SOCIETIES AND CULTURES THAT LIVED ON THE MOUNTAIN RANGE OF THE ANDES AND THE PACIFIC COASTAL AND CARIBBEAN REGIONS WHERE FORMERLY WORKED METALS.

PEOPLE AND GOLD IN THEHISPANIC COLOMBIA

Early American settlers

AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED BY HIKERS IN THE ICE AGE. THE POLAR CAPS WERE THEREFORE USED FROZEN BERING

STRAIT THAT SEPARATES ASIA FROM AMERICA. HUMAN GROUPS WHO HUNTED ANIMALS AND GATHERED NUTS

AND SHELLFISH BECAME CONTINENT WITHOUT REALIZING. HERE THEY FOUND LARGE AREAS WITH RICH AND DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS THAT PROVIDED THEM SUSTENANCE. FOR

MILLENNIA DID NOT REQUIRE CULTIVATION BUT LIVED WHAT NATURE GAVE THEM, MOVING INTO ITS TERRITORY TO GO TO PLACES TO HUNT OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE

PLANTS AT THE TIME THEY KNEW WAS HARVESTING.

NARIÑO

TIERRADENTRO

MUISCAIN COLD IN ALTIPLANICES ANDINASY VOUCHERS NARIÑO ECUADOR AND NORTHERN, INHABITED COMPANIES FARMERS, HERDERS AND TRADERS FROM 400 UNTIL 1600D.C

FROM 600 A.D. THE EASTERN RANGE WAS

GRADUALLY OCCUPIED BY VARIOUS VILLAGES THE

CHIBCHA LINGUISTIC FAMILY, ORIGINATED IN

CENTRAL AMERICA.

SPANISH CALLED THE INLAND OF KNOTS MOUNTAINOUS NORTHEASTERN DEEP CANYONS CAUCA DEPARTMENT WHERE MOUNTAINS FELT ENCLOSED. FROM 1000 B.C. COMPANIES LIVED THERE FARMERS AND POTTERS.

ZENÚ

URABA Y CHOCO

CALIMA

URBA REGION HAS MANY WAYS FOR MOBILIZATION AND TRADE. URABÁ GOLDSMITHS DEVELOPED CONFIGURE DECORATIONS FEMALEPACIFIC CHOCO, ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS RICH GOLD, MADE WITH STICKS SCHEMATIC FIGURES, DECORATIONS AND FEATHERS MASKS.

FROM 200 TO. C., CHIEFDOMS DEAGRICULTORES CONTRUYERON A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OVER 1300 YEARS TAMING FLOODS IN THE CARIBBEAN LOWLAND

HIGH HILLS MIDDLE RIVER AND NEARLY PRESERVES VESTIGES CALIMA 9000

YEARS OF SETTLEMENT. IN CERAMICS JARS SEEN THE

FARMERS OF PHYSICAL AND ITS PEOPLE ACTIVIDAES.

SAN AGUSTÍN

CAUCA

TOLIMA

IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND SILVER VALLEY, AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE MAGDALENA RIVER, FROM 1000 BC SMALL COMPANIES FORMATIVE PERIOD SAW THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL HIERARCHIES.

WARM VALLEY IN THE MIDDLE OF MAGDALENA RIVER AND THE

VERDIENTES CENTRAL AND EASTERN CORDILLERAS IN NORTHERN HUILA AND TOLIMA, ARE THE TRACES LEFT

16,000 YEARS AGO BY GROUPS DEDICATED TO HUNTING, FISHING

AND RECOLECIÓN .

IN THE VICINITY OF POPAYAN FOUND PECTORALS, HANGERS AND PINS A CHARACTERISTIC STYLE CALLED CAUCA. WERE

CREATED AND USED BY COMPANIES NEAR TIMES AND THE CONQUEST REPRESENT

COMBINATIONS OF MEN, BIRDS AND FROGS WHICH PROBABLY HAD RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE.

TAIRONA TUMACO

QUIMBAYA

THE NORTHWEST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA WAS INHABITED BY GROUPS OF GOLDSMITHS,

CRAFTSMEN AND BUILDERS NAHUANGE DURING PERIODS

AND TAIRONA

IN FLOOD PLAINS AND MANGROVES PACIFIC COAST. SANDS OF RIVERS OBTAINED FOR GOLD AND PLATINUM DELICATE ORNAMENTS AS PENDANTS, TIARAS AND NARIGERAS.

FOR TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE THE CONQUEST OF CAUCA WAS INHABITED BY FARMERS AND MINERS OF GOLD AND SALT, POTTERS AND GOLDSMITHS.

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COSMOLOGIES LOCATED THE SOCIETY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IN THE UNIVERSE. ALL THINGS ACQUIRED A PLACE AND A MEANING, AND ENTWINED IN A DEEP SYMBOLISM. MYTHS TOLD THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF TIME, THE CREATORS GAVE PEOPLE THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE.THE LIVING TREASURES COSMOLOGY AND SYMBOLISM TEACHERS SEVERAL OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEO DEL ORO BANK OF THE REPUBLIC, BY THE WAY, INSIDE A VAULT. BUT THE VALUE STORED HERE IS THAT OF INDIGENOUS THOUGHT THAT GAVE MEANING AND RATIONALE FOR THESE MAGNIFICENT OBJECTS.

Cosmology and Symbolism

THE INDIGENOUS COSMOGONIES ASSIGNED A SUPERNATURAL ORIGIN TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE UNIVERSE: A DISASTER IS CAUSED BY AN ANGRY SPIRIT, THE DISEASE IS SENT BY AN ENEMY SHAMAN. TO CONTROL THESE DANGEROUS FORCES AND AMBIVALENT, MEN ACTED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE ANCESTORS AND MADE OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES: GIFTS OF GOLD, EMERALDS, COCA, BIRDS AND HUMANS,

SPIRITUAL FOOD THAT PLEASED THE IMMORTALS.PRIESTS OFFERINGS DEPOSITED IN SACRED PLACES OF

COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER WORLDS. THE SPIRITS HAD REVEALED BEFORE THE CONTENT, TIME AND PLACE SUITABLE

FOR GIFT. IN STOUT POLES, PRACTICED HUMAN SACRIFICE. THE VICTIM, HIS BLOOD FED HOME-LIVING BODY OF THE

CHIEF.

OFFERINGS

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The Gold Museum offers to the public a room entirely new both in its content and in its concept, called the Exploratorium. Located on the fourth floor, this is a space that encourages each visitor to interact with the exhibits, and to that end proposes surprising elements like videos projected on the floor, on which images walks or models representing different aspects of everyday life muiscas.

EXPLORATORY

EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

The workshops are on Saturday mornings or on holidays. The boys and girls are to small or large, young or young at heart. Others may come whole family: children, parents and grandparents, because it is very pleasant to spend a morning sharing an unforgettable experience in the Gold Museum

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