Museo del Oro, Banco de la República

Animations are tours where schoolchildren interact with the exhibitions on a particular subject. Their aim is to get children and youngsters (from kindergarten right up to university level) to take an active part in their tour, motivated and led by a Museum leader and a teacher. The leader does not teach: he or she helps the youngsters discover, encourages them to learn, to ask questions. We do not give guided tours where youngsters only receive data and information.

The Animations, all of them, serve to bring students closer to the lives of pre-Hispanic indigenous groups and to the concepts of identity and heritage that the Gold Museum puts across.

Remember that currently the temporary exhibit of the Gold Museum is on show in the Arts Museum of the Banco de la República, at Calle 11 No. 4-21, Second Floor.

For a free visit of a school group to the Gold Museum with an Animation Service, the teacher needs to participate in our Meetings with teachers before bringing the children and then book the day, time and topic of the visit. Also training on the use of the Didactic Cases will be provided.

Schoolchildren's Animations are in Spanish only and take place Tuesday to Friday at the following times:

• 9:00 a 10:15 a.m.
• 1:30 a 2:45 p.m.
• 3:30 a 4:45 pm

Each time, the group allowed is of a maximum of 40 - 60 students (see Special Cases).




	Mythical Animals Pre-Hispanic Art Memories of the Conquest Pre-Hispanic Societies

Do you know a man who has the powers of the bat?

The animals we will discover in the showcases, which are made of gold and other materials, were important symbols for pre-Hispanic communities. Why did they represent themselves as animal-men? How did the ancient indians understand the world around them? And even more importantly, what do we know about animals? How do we relate to them?

* Prepare your group with the Calima Didactic Case.
* Or with the game "The Animal in the Calima World".
* Or with the story "The Sacred Snail".

The Gold Museum collection can be approached and enjoyed from an artistic perspective. Some of these objects, which date back more than five hundred years, are today considered to be works of art on a worldwide scale.

But how can we look at art, how can we talk about it? The animation reveals to us the language of art, and establishes a connection between present-day art and the work that was done by pre-Hispanic goldwork cultures.

* Prepare your group with the Didactic Case entitled "Nariño - Pre-Hispanic Art".
* Or by reading "To Look at Yourself Better: the Winged Fish".
* Or with the pre-Hispanic art portfolio (slides).

On this tour, the student plays the role of indian or European, and understands that the Conquest was a meeting of cultures, of ideologies, of ways of viewing the world and man, amidst a conflict of interests. This dramatic moment in our past served in the long term to shape and enrich our diverse and varied society.

A tour of Colombia and the goldwork cultures that inhabited it in pre-Hispanic times. Their differences and similarities will be the subject of this animation, but it will also provide a comparison with our own society. We will get to know the chieftain, the shaman, the farmer, the goldsmith, and other jobs and trades in ancient societies.

* Prepare your group with the Amazon Didactic Case (present-day societies).
* Or with the Amazonas game.

If you desire a tour with a guide, or in a language other than Spanish, please refer to guided tours for special groups.

The Museo del Oro may not accept or may delay entrance of school groups that had not made an appointment.