National Museum of Colombia

National Museum of Colombia
Museo Nacional de Colombia
Logo of the National Museum.

Aerial view of the National Museum.
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EstablishedJuly 28, 1823; 201 years ago (July 28, 1823)
LocationCarrera 7 No 28-66
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 4°36′55.92″N 74°4′8.43″W / 4.6155333°N 74.0690083°W / 4.6155333; -74.0690083
TypeArcheology, art, and history museum
DirectorLiliana Angulo Cortés
Public transit access National Museum (station)
Calle 26
Websitewww.museonacional.gov.co

The National Museum of Colombia (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Colombia) is the National Museum of Colombia housing collections on its history, art, culture.[1][2] Located in Bogotá downtown, is the biggest and oldest museum in Colombia.[citation needed] The National Museum of Colombia is a dependency of the Colombian Ministry of Culture.

The museum houses a collection of over 20,000 pieces including works of art and objects representing different national history periods. Permanent exhibitions present archeology and ethnography samples from Colombian artefacts dating 10,000 years BC, up to twentieth century indigenous and afro- Colombian art and culture. Founders and New Kingdom of Granada room houses Liberators and other Spanish iconography; the round room exhibits a series of oleos from Colombia painting history.

  1. ^ Colombian National Museum, Great Archaeology.
  2. ^ National Museum, Bogotá Archived 2015-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, Virtual Tourist.