History of Colombia, Tales of the Panopticon and Spirits of the National Museum

Great stories have happened in our country, Colombia. This is an incredibly beautiful and incredibly magical territory. This museum is the most important and oldest in the country, located in Bogotá D.C. Here, history is in the air, demonstrating in each of its rooms the culture, the celebration, and partly the pain that its inhabitants have experienced over more than 200 years of history.
  

Here we tell you 10 stories to visit us: Which story do you want to choose?

 1.⁠ ⁠Colombia possesses an incredible fauna and flora that must be known in order to preserve it, for this reason, the botanical expedition room is perfect for understanding the richness of the national territory.

 2.⁠ ⁠There is a kind of urban legend that talks about the ghosts of the National Museum. 

3.  The Aerolite of Santa Rosa de Viterbo is the oldest element in the entire Museum and the first that arrived when it was founded. However, the French scientists who found it could not bring it to Bogotá until years after its discovery. It is said that this aerolite fell to that municipality after a cosmic explosion more than 200 years ago.

 4.⁠ ⁠The oldest element in the entire museum is the Puerto Chacho Vessel, which is at least 12,000 years old. However, it is one of the most recent to arrive at the venue compared to its age, as it did so in 1988, after a team of archaeologists found it near Cartagena.

5.One of the most valuable and at the same time least appreciated elements of the Museum is the crown given to the liberator Simón Bolívar in Cusco. The gift was given by some ladies from that area of Peru after the Battle of Ayacucho. It is made entirely of gold and it seems that the liberator did not use it much.

6.⁠ ⁠The National Museum of Colombia was created in 1823, and it is one of the oldest in America. It offers its visitors seventeen permanent exhibition rooms, in which around 2,500 works and objects, symbols of national history and heritage, are exhibited.

 7.⁠ ⁠The infrastructure of the National Museum is very complex since in its beginnings it was one of the largest prisons in the country and it houses elements of torture or elements to change the behavior of prisoners.

8.⁠ ⁠In its calendar of temporary exhibitions, the Museum presents samples of national and international history, art, and archaeology. Additionally, it offers a varied academic and cultural program that includes conferences, concerts, theater performances, dance, and audiovisual projections.

9.⁠ ⁠The Museum offers visitors workshops, specialized visits, and guidance for teachers, among other educational services. In addition to fulfilling its curatorial and research functions, the Museum is also a space for enjoyment and learning. This dual characteristic makes it an open and active place, and therefore, a space for communication. 

10.⁠ ⁠With its exhibitions, the National Museum raises public awareness about the development of societies, cultural exchanges, mutual understanding, cooperation, and peace among peoples.

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Tour attendees must pay their entrance fee; during the week, the entrance to the museum costs 6,000 Colombian pesos $1.50, with a differential rate for students and foreigners (4 dollars). The last Sunday of the month is free of charge.