History of Colombia, visiting the National Museum with Pacha Educational Tourism
Tour description
Great stories have happened in our country, Colombia; this is an incredibly beautiful and incredibly magical place. This museum, the oldest and most important in the country, is located in Bogotá, D.C. Here, history is breathed, revealing in each of its rooms the culture, celebration, and, in part, the pain that its inhabitants have experienced throughout more than 200 years of history.
Here we tell you 10 stories to visit us: Which story do you want to choose?
1. Colombia has incredible flora and fauna that must be known in order to preserve it, which is why 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 Santa Rosa de Viterbo meteorite is the oldest object in the entire museum and the first to arrive when it was founded. However, the French scientists who discovered it were unable to bring it to Bogotá until years after its discovery. It is said that this meteorite fell to that municipality after a cosmic explosion more than 200 years ago.
4. The oldest object in the entire museum is the Puerto Chacho Vase, which is at least 12,000 years old. However, it is one of the most recent to arrive at the site in comparison to its age, having arrived in 1988 after a team of archaeologists discovered it near Cartagena.
5. One of the Museum's most valuable, yet most underappreciated, elements is the crown given to the liberator Simón Bolívar in Cusco. The gift was given to him by some women from that region of Peru after the Battle of Ayacucho. It's made entirely of gold, and it appears the liberator didn't wear it much.
6. The National Museum of Colombia was established in 1823 and is one of the oldest museums in the Americas. It offers visitors seventeen permanent exhibition halls, displaying around 2,500 works and objects, symbols of the country's history and heritage.
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 torture devices or elements to change the behavior of prisoners.
8. The Museum's temporary exhibition calendar features national and international history, art, and archaeology exhibits. It also offers a varied academic and cultural program that includes lectures, concerts, theater and dance performances, and audiovisual screenings.
9. The Museum offers visitors workshops, specialized tours, and mentoring 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. Through 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 admission. During the week, museum admission costs 5,000 Colombian pesos and $1.50 cents. There is a discounted rate for students and foreigners. The last Sunday of the month is free.
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