Bogotá Museums

Bogotá is the capital and largest city of Colombia is also the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country.

Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada in 1538, by Spanish conquistadors after they conquered the Muisca who were the indigenous inhabitants of the region.

The city is in the center of Colombia and is an important cultural center, with many theatres, libraries, and museums.

Museums in Bogotá

Botero Museum
Gold Museum, Bogotá
Museo Nacional de Colombia
House – Museum Quinta Bolívar
Coin and bill Production Museum
Bogotá Museum of Modern Art
Art Collection of the Bank of the Republic
International Emerald Museum
Gold Museum (Museo del Oro)
Independence Museum – Casa del Florero
Santa Clara Museum
Colonial Museum

Bogotá

City: Bogotá
Country: Colombia
Founded: 1538
Population: 10 million – Metro

Museums in Bogotá – Map

Museums in Bogotá

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“All fear has much imagination and little talent.”
– Colombian Proverb

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Photo Credit: By Pedro Szekely from Los Angeles, USA (Catedral Primada, Bogota, Colombia) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons