Gold Museun of Colombia

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
  • The mythical land of El Dorado survives in all its splendour in the Gold Museum of Colombia. In 1939, when the directors of the Banco de la República (central bank of Colombia) acquired the Quimbaya Poporo, they agreed that the cultural legacy of pre-Columbian gold work should be preserved from melting down or export.
    Thus the first research institutions for archaeology and anthropology came into being, and laws were passed to protect our archaeological heritage. Today the Gold Museum holds more than 33,000 metallic objects in trust for present and future Colombians; these pieces are exhibited not only in its galleries in Bogotá and nine other Colombian cities, but also in frequent temporary exhibitions overseas.
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