Guided tours optional Tours in other languages. Back to list. Previous location. Next location. Contents Search. Gold Museum Museo del Oro. Authors Authors and affiliations Sonia Archila. How to cite. This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access. Falchetti, A. Google Scholar. Prehispanic metallurgy and votive offerings in the eastern Cordillera, Colombia British Archaeological Reports International series Oxford: Archaeopress.
Plazas, C. Falchetti ed. Pineda Camacho, R. MU: The demand for pre-Columbian objects began in the late 19th century, and precisely because of this demand, the collection was started.
The majority of artifacts left this country legally because there was no legislation in place back then that protected our heritage. And there should always be recognition as to its origin. We also need international agreements to negotiate how objects can be loaned from one institution to another for specific periods and objectives. TCP: Have these legal issues hindered dialogue between museums over the rightful ownership of collections?
Our first international show was at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in We returned there in with the collective exhibition The Golden Kingdom. The collection has been exhibited in over 50 countries. TCP: Museums around the world face increasing costs, and many are no longer profitable. Is this sustainable? MU: Almost all museums would like to be free, and many are.
For us, it has always been paramount to our role to reach out to audiences; and, with our renovation, we also focused on people with auditive and visual disabilities.
Our fee is minimal, but somehow people appreciate the experience when they pay something. Every Sunday our admission is free, and this brings in families and visitors from vulnerable neighborhoods. The philosophy of cultural inclusion extends to our six regional museums that are free every day to the public. The current Sala de la Ofrenda offers a very different experience. MU: We decided at the museum to evoke a ceremony rather than a commodity.
In times of crisis, gold has always been the standard. In the Sala de Ofrenda, audiences can experience how, for pre-Columbian peoples, gold restored balance in the universe from chaos.
TCP: To mark the 80 years of the collection, the Museum has organized a purification ceremony on October Can you explain? At the Gold Museum, we are constantly in dialogue with indigenous and Afro communities, because museums are more than just antiquities, they are also about the people who work in the museums: from the curators to researchers and guides. TCP: Even though the collection started in , the Museum dates to with the inauguration of a modern building facing the Plaza de Santander.
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