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Museo del Oro Quimbaya

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👍👍 I loved the museum and the friendliness of the tour guide. She was quite professional and very helpful! She answered all the questions that were asked, and they gave us a nice gift! Definitely a good place to start learning about our ancestors' culture and lifestyle. I loved the museum and the fri... People often mention museum, exhibition, good, nice, museo, para, culture, lugar, beautiful, free,


Address

Centro Cultural del Banco de la República, Cra. 14 #40 norte – 80, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia

Website

www.banrepcultural.org

Contact

+57 606 7413300 ext. 6070

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (477 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 10 AM to 6 PM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 6 PM
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 10 AM to 6 PM
  • Tuesday: 10 AM to 6 PM
  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 6 PM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 6 PM

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  • 5/5 Gerson Givanok Galeano G. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I loved the museum and the friendliness of the tour guide. She was quite professional and very helpful! She answered all the questions that were asked, and they gave us a nice gift! Definitely a good place to start learning about our ancestors' culture and lifestyle. I loved the museum and the friendliness of the tour guide. She was very professional and cooperative. He answered all the questions that were put to him, and they gave us a nice gift. Definitely a good place to start learning about the culture and lifestyle of our ancestors. (Original) I loved the museum and the friendliness of the tour guide. She was quite professional and very helpful! She answered all the questions that were asked, and they gave us a nice gift! Definitely a good place to start learning about our ancestors' culture and lifestyle. Me encantó el museo y la amabilidad de la guía turística. Ella fue muy profesional y colaboradora. Respondió todas las preguntas que se le hicieron, y nos dieron un lindo obsequio. Definitivamente un buen lugar para empezar a aprender sobre la cultura y estilo de vida de nuestros ancestros.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 adrian t. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) in maintenance (Original) en mantenimiento
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jose S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) This museum headquarters has been closed for 18 months, despite the fact that the official website says that it is open and schedules appointments (Original) Esta sede del museo está cerrada desde hace 18 meses, a pesar de que en la página oficial dicen que está abierto y agenda citas
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 José Oswaldo Molano V. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Magical and eclipsing place; It is a haven of tranquility and history. I found a beautiful photographic exhibition on the history of Colombia and some of its regions, which was not only entertaining and didactic, but also full of social awareness, since it was presented as a pretext to think about reality based on the history shared by the art of photography. . The permanent exhibits are great and the English translations of the legends make the assimilation process much easier for foreign Anglo-Saxon visitors. I loved the place. (Original) Mágico y eclipsante lugar; es un paraíso de tranquilidad e historia. Encontré una exposición fotográfica bellísima sobre la historia de Colombia y algunas de sus regiones la cual estaba no sólo entretenida y didáctica sino llena de conciencia social pues se presentaban como un pretexto para pensar la realidad a partir de la historia que comparte el arte de la fotografía. Las exposiciones permanentes son geniales y las traducciones en inglés de las leyendas facilitan mucho el proceso de asimilación de contenidos por parte de los visitantes extranjeros de lengua anglosajona. Me encantó el lugar.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Juan Camilo Alcaraz C. 6 months ago on Google • 133 reviews
    Excellent place to stay as long as you want, because it is a safe and relaxing place. Inside the museum you will see a few collections of indigenous crafts and you will learn about different eras and historical events. There are also some rooms where you will see different art expressions for modern artists and also a conference room. In the surrounding of the main building, you could enjoy a beautiful garden with different trees, plants and a small pond where the frogs sing all day. It was a very good experience, the only thing to consider is that there is only one small coffee shop so the variety of food and prices is quite limited. PS: This building was designed by a famous Colombian architect named Rogelio Salmona, so if you enjoy architecture, this place is a must while visiting this city.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sebastian 8 months ago on Google • 498 reviews
    Free entrance but the gold exhibition is closed until September 2023. Nice little exhibition of paintings of nature.

  • 5/5 JOSE DAVID C. 1 year ago on Google • 397 reviews
    Happy to have an excellent museum in the Coffee Region. Beginning by the architecture, the place is great to have been done by Rogelio Salmona, one of the best architects of all Colombia. The spaces play magnificent with the water and the nature that surrounds the place in the interior and exterior. In the interior saloons you have an excellent collection of local art that will blow your mind. A big thank you to the administration for the great development.

  • 4/5 Myles H. 2 years ago on Google
    Currently under renovation, so only a small part of the real experience.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cesar A. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very pretty. There is a photo exhibition and 2 exhibition rooms. It is very wide. The parking lot after the main entrance before the bus stop. Free pass. Recommended. (Original) Muy bonito. Hay una exposición de fotografías y 2 salas de exposiciones. Es muy amplio. El parqueadero después de la entrada principal antes del parador de buses. Entrada gratis. Recomendado.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 fran c. 3 months ago on Google • 61 reviews New
    The museum is nice, although not too big, the staff's attention was great, the instructions were perfect, but I was waiting for them to tell more about gold, where it is taken from, how it is formed, etc., too. It has a small garden in the back. PS: For me, the funerary tomb that in Europe is called a dolmen impresses me. In my homeland, Malaga, there is the largest dolmen that has been found to date, the Antequera dolmen, but I was impressed that the same structures were found in prehistory. here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 GUSTAVO ADOLFO SANDOVAL A. 1 month ago on Google • 39 reviews New
    Museum with a wonderful architecture, magnificent Colonial garden and a very interesting archeology exhibition, it has a good Library and spaces for reading meditation, admission is free
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Risas 9 months ago on Google • 24 reviews
    The Museum is free to enter and we enjoyed the water feature. We noticed there was basically nothing to see so we stopped and spoke to a security guard. She explained, that the museum was closed for six years and is currently under reconstruction. It's free for now and will be completely reopened with lots to see in August 2023.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ruth G. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A very beautiful, quiet place, the library is unique and its employees are very friendly, ideal to go with children. For now admission is free! (Original) Un lugar muy hermoso, tranquilo, la biblioteca e s única y sus funcionarios son muy amables, ideal para ir con niños. Por ahora la entrada es gratuita!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dafaurba 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Super good, good attention from the watchman, Free Estrada, good archaeological pieces of gold and clay, quite a lot of Quimbaya culture. (Original) Super bien buena atención de el vigilante Estrada gratis buenas piezas arqueológicas de oro y barro bastante cultura quimbaya
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Balli Vanegas c. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a very complete cultural center. It has an exhibition hall, a library and a very complete ethnic garden. There is parking and admission is free. (Original) Es un centro cultural muy completo. Tiene sala de exposiciones, biblioteca y un etnojardín completísimo. Hay parqueadero y la entrada es libre.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 mountour B. 6 years ago on Google
    Surely the best place where the history of Colombia's indigenous culture is laid. Beautiful handcrafted art and gold artefacts are on display. Highly recommended
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Julio Rozo G. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent historical place of our beautiful country, although it is a small sample of historical objects such as goldsmiths and ancestral jewelry, they make a nice compendium of all the regions of Colombia and very well contextualize the historical narrative of our ancestors. (Original) Exelente lugar histórico de nuestro hermoso país, aunque es una muestra pequeña de objetos históricos como orfebrería y joyería ancestral, hacen un bonito compendio de todas las regiones de Colombia y contextualizan muy bien la narrativa histórica de nuestros antepasados.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 John D. 4 years ago on Google
    Closed for a year. Relocated to the city center.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Alan P. 1 year ago on Google • 142 reviews
    Out of the middle of town and really not much there. The museum of gold part was closed. There was a smart eclectic art showing. The guided tour with the app did not work

  • 5/5 Brian C. 3 months ago on Google • 70 reviews New
    Very beautiful and quaint museum. It's free to view everything.

  • 4/5 Mario C. 4 months ago on Google • 54 reviews
    The museum is cute but very tiny

  • 3/5 Carlos M. 10 months ago on Google • 36 reviews
    Gold collection will return in mid August. Art galleries still open. Nice and free museum.

  • 5/5 Liseth B. 2 months ago on Google • 35 reviews New
    Ideal to learn about part of the history of Armenia and its coffee culture, they also have very pleasant and quiet spaces

  • 4/5 Diego Francisco Insuasty N. 2 months ago on Google • 28 reviews New
    Cultural place. Samples of goldsmithing from the area also called Bajo Cauca. It takes 1 hour to tour the rooms. The garden is very nice but can improve.

  • 5/5 GINNI R. 1 year ago on Google • 24 reviews
    No tickets needed, fantastic architecture by Rogelio Salmona. Sep 22 with a garden's theme exhibition. One of the best places to visit in Armenia

  • 5/5 Jerome L. 1 year ago on Google • 9 reviews
    I didn't get the chance to see the museum, but the local children library is definitely worth the visit. Books are for all ages, mostly in Spanish, but some in different languages as well. You can easily get a card to loan books. Staff was super nice. A great service for locals and people visiting.

  • 4/5 Alejandra V. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The museum that is pointed in this direction is not a museum, it is a temporary exhibition hall so it depends on programming to open the exhibition. It works from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Therefore on this date we could not see anything because there was nothing to expose. The royal museum is at the exit of the city, so you have to look well. BUT BUT, the museum guard who gave us all this information, was very kind to us (headquarters of the Republic bank in Armenia) and that is why I give it 4 stars. :) (Original) El museo que se señala en esta dirección, no es museo, es una sala de exposición temporal así que depende de programación para abrir la exposición. Funciona de 8 a 4pm. Por ende en esta fecha no pudimos ver nada porque no había nada que exponer. El museo real queda en la salida de la ciudad, así que hay que buscar bien. PERO PERO, el vigilante del museo que nos dió toda esta información, fue muy amable con nosotros (sede del banco de la Republica en armenia) y por eso le doy 4 estrellas. :)

  • 5/5 Rick D. 1 year ago on Google
    Was a very beautiful place, I recommend it to everybody. The grounds were absolutely beautiful and the people were so friendly

  • 1/5 Barbara 1 year ago on Google
    February - closed for several more months. Disappointing .

  • 4/5 Lente Z. 1 year ago on Google
    Un buen lugar para conocer sobre la cultura de la región. Desde los artistas contemporáneos a los precolombinos se pueden contemplar acá. Su arquitectura es ganadora de premios. Buenos parqueaderos y ambiente. Tomarse un café acá leyendo un libro de su biblioteca es algo muy refinado y asequible para todos.

  • 4/5 Mao M. 6 years ago on Google
    Very nice Finca-style hotel. I wish they didn't put music in loudspeakers, though (even if it is soft).

  • 5/5 Ricardo A. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Free entrance. The Gold collection is still in the center of Armenia. There are other exhibitions, gardens and a library with a very good children's selection. Monday to Saturday from 10-18:00. Closed Sundays and holidays. (Original) Estrada gratuita. La colección de Oro aún está en el centro de Armenia. Hay otras exposiciones, jardínes y biblioteca con muy buena selección infantil. Lunes a sábado de 10-18:00. Cerrado domingos y festivos.

  • 2/5 Miguel R. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Two years closed remodeling who knows how many millions and there is a notice that the museum is in the center of the city and the museum is still CLOSED. (Original) Dos años cerrado remodelando quién sabe cuántos millones y hay un aviso que dice que el museo está en el centro de la ciudad y el museo sigue CERRADO.

  • 4/5 Leonardo A. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a great space to visit, especially when someone is a follower of Salmona's architecture. However, some attention is missing in making the space more attractive and warm. In the same way, recommended... Ah, the garden is very nice. (Original) Es un gran espacio para visitar, más cuando alguien es seguidor/a de la arquitectura de Salmona. Sin embargo, falta algo de atención en hacer del espacio algo más atrayente y cálido. De igual manera, recomendado... Ah el jardín es muy lindo.

  • 3/5 Junior M. 5 years ago on Google
    Interesting perspective on the palaetology of the primal tribes and people.

  • 3/5 William D. 1 year ago on Google
    Gold art exhibition not on display. Friendly staff and nice building

  • 2/5 Andreas E. 1 year ago on Google
    The museum is under restauration (07/2022). Some of the Gold is shown in Banco de Republica downtown but not worth if you have seen Bogota's gold museum. Apparently a few painting are left and you can stroll around the site. Should reopen 06/2023.

  • 4/5 Mario Andres Jimenez V. 2 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A wonderful place full of stories (Original) Un lugar maravilloso lleno de historias

  • 4/5 Elisa G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very interesting culture (Original) Muy interesante la cultura

  • 5/5 LEONARDO FAVIO AGUDELO G. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good attention (Guide) and although small, it is a good exhibition (Original) Muy buena atención (Guía) y aunque pequeña, es una buena exposicion

  • 4/5 Yineth Zulay Rincòn G. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) There are only two rooms (Original) Son únicamente dos salas

  • 5/5 juan sebastian j. 1 month ago on Google • 2 reviews New
    Wonderful cultural center


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