Gold Museum (Museo del Oro)

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archaeological museum art museum museum

The Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) is a renowned museum in Bogotá, Colombia, that houses one of the world’s largest and most important collections of pre-Hispanic gold artifacts and indigenous metalwork.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Gold Museum	0	5
Museo del Oro	0	5
Museo del Oro, Bogotá	0	3
Gold Museum, Bogotá	0	1
People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia	0	1
Pre-Columbian Gold Museum	0	1
Quimbaya Treasure	0	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological museum → art museum → museum →
city	Bogotá →
collectionSize	over 55,000 pieces →
collectionType	bone artifacts → ceramics → indigenous metalwork → pre-Hispanic gold artifacts → shell artifacts → stone artifacts →
country	Colombia →
established	1939 →
focusesOnCulture	Calima → Muisca → Nariño → Quimbaya → Tairona → Tolima Department → surface form: Tolima Tumaco → Zenú →
goldObjectsCount	over 30,000 →
hasExhibition	Cosmology and Symbolism → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) self-linksurface differs → surface form: People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia The Metalworking → The Offering →
hasFacility	auditorium → café → museum shop → temporary exhibition rooms →
hasRoom	Offering Room → Oro Room →
languageOfSignage	English → Spanish →
locatedIn	Bogotá → surface form: Bogotá, Colombia La Candelaria →
name	Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) self-linksurface differs → surface form: Museo del Oro
nearbyAttraction	Plaza de Bolívar → surface form: La Candelaria historic center Plaza de Bolívar → surface form: Plaza de Bolívar (Bogotá)
notableArtifact	Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) →
numberOfFloors	4 →
operatedBy	Banco de la República → surface form: Banco de la República (Colombia)
ownedBy	Banco de la República → surface form: Banco de la República (Colombia)
publicOpeningDate	1959 →
recognizedAs	one of the most important gold museums in the world →
renovation	major renovation completed in 2008 →
subject	indigenous cosmology → pre-Columbian metallurgy → ritual offerings →
touristAttraction	major tourist attraction in Bogotá →

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quimbaya → artifactsHeldAt → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

this entity surface form: Museo del Oro, Bogotá

Quimbaya → associatedWith → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

this entity surface form: Quimbaya Treasure

Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) → collection → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

subject surface form: Muisca raft

this entity surface form: Museo del Oro

Calima → collectionHeldAt → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

subject surface form: Calima culture

this entity surface form: Museo del Oro, Bogotá

La Candelaria → contains → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

this entity surface form: Museo del Oro

Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) → currentLocation → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

subject surface form: Muisca raft

this entity surface form: Gold Museum, Bogotá

Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) → exhibitedAt → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

subject surface form: Muisca raft

this entity surface form: Museo del Oro, Bogotá

The Offering → exhibitedAt → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

this entity surface form: Museo del Oro

Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) → hasExhibition → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia

Bogotá → hasLandmark → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

San José → hasMuseum → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →

this entity surface form: Pre-Columbian Gold Museum

The Offering → hostInstitution → Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) →