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    Welcome to the Banco de la República and its Bogotá Gold Museum. The exhibitions on the second and third floors were entirely renewed in 2004, in a new building adjacent to the old one.
     
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Fotos salas: Alberto Sierra   The unique experience of visiting a museum cannot be replicated on the Internet; this page and the links from it nevertheless offer you much more information, but necessarily much less emotion and impact than a visit, when you can discover the original works of art and the lives of ancient societies at first hand. As an invitation to visit the Museum, we are pleased to welcome you to this virtual introduction to the permanent exhibition on the second floor.

The theme of the second-floor exhibition room, "People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia", refers to the societies which produced the gold (and pottery, wood, stone, shell, fabric…..) objects which are displayed in large showcases. It is a journey through different regions and eras in pre-Hispanic Colombia.

As with a museum, you can look in depth at certain issues or pass rapidly over others. The "Back" button on your browser will help you find your way again.

 
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    From the first panel to San Agustín and Tierradentro

From the Magdalena Valley to the Caribbean Plains

From the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the present time
 
 
 
 
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