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In the late nineties, an analysis was undertaken of the future requirements of the Banco de la República Gold Museum and its collection. Needs that were identified included renewing the scientific texts in order to bring them into line with information gleaned from the most recent archaeological digs, and providing the exhibition with a contemporary museography, one that was on a par with the most important museums in the world.
The architectural and museographic project to renew and expand the museum was conceived back in 1998, in two stages. The first stage involved constructing a new building, designed by Germán Samper Gnecco, who had also been the architect for the earlier Museum, opened in Santander Park in 1968. The new Museum building and the respective exhibition galleries opened to the public in December 2004. The second stage consisted of refurbishing the 1968 building and linking it to the new one. To achieve this, the Museum was able to rely on a coordinated team of architects, museographers and designers, meaning that a project was possible where architecture and museography were in full harmony with each other.
This large, new, modern building tells the story of how gold and other metals were used by the pre-Hispanic societies that once lived in the territory now known as Colombia. The new scientific and museographic text for the exhibition has been built around the metaphor of the metal process, as conceived by pre-Hispanic societies, namely that they extracted metal from the earth, worked it, used it, symbolised it, and finally returned it to the earth in the form of an offering. Museum staff brought this concept together in four main themes, each of which has given its name to the great galleries that make up the permanent exhibition: The Working of Metals, People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia, Cosmology and Symbolism, and The Offering.
The permanent exhibition is complemented by services which allow visitors to study certain aspects more closely, such as thematic tours, pedagogical animations, audioguides in Spanish, English and French, a multimedia room, and a study room where the visitor can investigate and read about subjects connected with the exhibition. It can be seen from the programmes that are arranged in the auditorium and the large permanent exhibition galleries that the Museum is also a research centre, a centre for academic interaction, dissemination, cooperation, and national and international strategic alliances.
The Gold Museum is a place where Colombia's pre-Hispanic past and memory are wonderfully on view. It also fosters present-day cultural diversity. The Exploratorium, which sets out to stimulate curiosity and to encourage the asking of questions, is thus a favourite spot for children, youngsters and even adults to do more than just acquire knowledge, for it encourages them to ask themselves questions about things like who we are, what our archaeological heritage is, and what it means.
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Proyecto arquitectónico
Germán Samper Gnecco
Samper Arquitectos Ltda.
Guión científico y curaduría
Museo del Oro – Banco de la República
Consultoría estudios técnicos y proyecto
museográfico
Roberto Benavente/HB Design
Realización del proyecto museográfico
Museo del Oro – Banco de la República
Efraín Riaño Lesmes
Gina Urazán Razzini
Germán Ramírez
María Fernanda Otero
Diseño e implementación audio y video museográfico
Alberto Veloza Garavito
Diseño gráfico
La Silueta
Diseño señalización
Ana Vélez
Concepto escenográfico Sala de la Ofrenda
Mapa Teatro
Música Sala de la Ofrenda
Sergio Mesa
Gerencia de producción museográfica
Banco de la República
Diseño estructural de la obra civil
Hernán Sandoval Arteaga & Cía. Ltda.
Diseño del aire acondicionado
Álvaro Tapias & Cía. Ltda.
Diseño eléctrico de la obra civil
Fernando Acosta Yunda & Cía. Ltda.
Diseño de automatización del edificio
EBC Ingeniería & Cía. Ltda.
Gerencia de obra
Banco de la República
Interventoría de la obra civil
Estudios Técnicos S.A.
Construcción de la obra civil
Conconcreto S.A.
Construcción área de transición
Cadena Fawcett S.A.
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Dirección general de diseño
Efraín Riaño Lesmes
Proyecto arquitectónico
Museo del Oro – Banco de la República
Germán Ramírez Forero
Gina Urazán Razzini
Luis Fernando Ramírez
Fernando de la Carrera
Sergio García Casas
Álvaro Bohórquez
Guión científico y curaduría
Museo del Oro – Banco de la República
Diseño y realización del proyecto museográfico
Museo del Oro – Banco de la República
Efraín Riaño Lesmes
Germán Ramírez Forero
Gina Urazán Razzini
Ana Gabriela Jiménez
María José Ramírez
Sergio García Casas
Germán Lemus
Juan Carlos Bautista
Argie Rozo
Diseño de iluminación
Museo del Oro – Banco de la República
Efraín Riaño Lesmes
Germán Ramírez Forero
Asesoría e implementación iluminación
LED
Alberto Veloza Garavito
Diseño gráfico y señalización
La Silueta
Producción videos
Macarena Films, Vodoo Post, Post Office Cowboys
Ingeniería y dispositivos audiovisuales especiales
BARCO Inc.
Fabricación vitrinas
Industrias Metálicas Granobles
Vitriplex
Sistema de presión positiva en vitrinas
Microclimate
Control de humedad y temperatura en vitrinas
SAEG
Cantos sagrados Sala de la Ofrenda
Mamos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Seukukui, Norberto
Torres; Yareimacu, Julio Torres; Bunchanawin, Jesús
Izquierdo; Meyjawin, Luis Guillermo Izquierdo
Música Sala de la Ofrenda
Ricardo Escallón
Gerencia de producción museográfica
Banco de la República
Diseño estructural de la obra civil
AMP Méndez y Asociados Ltda.
Diseño del aire acondicionado
Álvaro Tapias & Cía. Ltda.
Diseño eléctrico de la obra civil
Nemesio Ávila Avendaño
Diseño de automatización
Alberto Veloza Garavito
Gerencia de obra
Banco de la República
Interventoría
Payc S. A.
Construcción
Sáenz Ruiz Cadena Ingenieros Civiles Ltda. y otros
Producción arquitectura interior
Constructora Parque Central S.A. |
