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13-461: Gold Museum may refer to: Gold Museum, Bogotá , Colombia Gold Museum (Taiwan) , Taipei, Taiwan Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World , Lima, Peru Toi Gold Museum , Izu, Japan Pre-Columbian Gold Museum , San Jose, Costa Rica Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

26-439: A selection of pre-Columbian gold and other metal alloys, such as Tumbaga , and contains the largest collection of gold artifacts in the world in its exhibition rooms on the second and third floors. Together with pottery , stone, shell , wood and textile objects, these items, made of a– to indigenous cultures – sacred metal, testify to the life and thought of the different societies which lived in present-day Colombia before

39-431: A special room called "After Columbus " ( Después de Colón ). The exposition continues on the third floor, with "The Flying Chamanic" and "The Offering." The first shows the process of a shamanic ceremony with its different gold pieces, the second is divided into three parts: the "Offering Room", the "Offering Boat", and the "Lake". At the end of the exposition, there is a "Profunditation Room" with artistic videos about

52-681: The Spanish conquest of the Americas . In 1934, the Bank of the Republic began helping to protect the archaeological patrimony of Colombia . The object known as Poporo Quimbaya was the first one in a collection. It has been on exhibition for 70 years. The museum is today administered by Banrepcultural . The museum houses the famous Muisca golden raft found in Pasca in 1969, that represents

65-676: The Calima culture. By 1500 BCE the Ilama culture, the first Agricultural-Pottery society, appeared along the Calima River , near the present day towns of Restrepo and Darien . Its society had a social structure of Cacicazgos (chiefdoms) that prevailed until the arrival of the Spaniards . The economy of Ilama was based on textile weaving, metallurgy, hunting, fishing, and agriculture. Yuca and beans were primary crops. The Chief or Cacique

78-535: The Ilamas and was based on maize, yuca , beans , arracacha , achiote among others. The Yotoco started declining in the 6th century CE. Sonso culture (500–1200 CE) flourished during the Late Period I. Population increased, government became more centralized. Sonso culture was marked by fewer ceramic styles, and their goldware was mixed with copper and cast. The primary archaeological site for Malagana culture

91-518: The ceremony of the new zipa (ruler) of Muyquytá, the basis for the El Dorado myth. The heir to the chieftaincy assumed power with a great offering to the gods. In this representation he is seen standing at the centre of a raft, surrounded by the principal chieftains, all of them adorned with gold and feathers. After a decade of work, the museum was expanded and renovated in October 2008. With

104-559: The first floor houses the museum's main entrance, a shop, and a restaurant. Exhibitions begin on the second floor. The main room is called "People and Gold in pre-Hispanic Colombia ". In glass vitrines display goldsmiths' work from the different cultures which inhabited Colombia before the Spanish colonists arrived. The permanent exhibition is divided into different halls for every culture: Calima , Quimbaya , Muisca , Zenú , Tierradentro , San Agustín , Tolima , Tairona , and Urabá, and

117-603: The most important gold pieces of the museum. Calima culture Calima culture (200 BCE–400 CE) is a series of pre-Columbian cultures from the Valle del Cauca in Colombia . The four societies that successively occupied the valley and make up Calima culture are the Ilama, Yotoco, Sonso, and Malagana cultures . The Calima Darién Archaeological Museum and the Calima Gold Museum feature artifacts from

130-478: The region until 1200 CE and were a highly stratified society headed by caciques, which managed several settlements. The population had increased, forcing them to develop effective agricultural techniques to feed its population which also improved the techniques on pottery and metal works. They created polychrome ceramics and introduction of hammered goldware. The agriculture of the Yotocos was more varied than that of

143-401: The renovation, the museum organized the permanent exhibition in five rooms with archaeological objects and an interactive room. It also added an auditorium, some temporary exhibitions rooms, a cafe, a restaurant, and a souvenir store. The museum has a collection of 55,000 pieces, 6,000 of which are on display in their expanded building. There are bilingual descriptions of almost all exhibits. On

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156-509: The title Gold Museum . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gold_Museum&oldid=1046058592 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Types of museums Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gold Museum, Bogot%C3%A1 The museum displays

169-620: Was the leader of the settlement. Other occupations were shamans, warriors, farmers, hunters, pottery men, and goldsmiths. Their ceramics were typically red and black, featuring religious imagery. By 100 CE the Ilamas developed into the Yotoco Culture, which expanded their territory further into the Cauca River and the Pacific Ocean and to the south to the region of what is now the city of Cali . The Yotocos prevailed in

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