Museo del Oro

Introduction

Bogota's Gold Museum is the world's richest, most important collection of pre-Columbian gold—Colombia's national-treasure cultural hall, and Bogota's unmissable number-one museum. It holds over 30,000 gold and alloy works from Colombia's indigenous civilizations (Muisca, Quimbaya, Tayrona etc.)—from exquisite gold masks, chest plaques, nose ornaments, earrings, crowns to various animal and human gold sculptures; the craftsmanship and imagination are breathtaking, showing ancient American civilization's high metallurgy and rich cosmology and religion. Most famous is the "Muisca Raft"—a fine gold model recreating the legend of "El Dorado" (the golden one) ceremony, which led the Spanish conquistadors to frantically seek gold. Walking into this hall of gold, imagining the lost "El Dorado" legend and the glory of ancient American civilization—the Gold Museum is a must-visit to understand Colombian history and culture.

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