List of Muisca museum collections

This is a list of museum collections pertaining to the Muisca. Most of the Muisca artefacts are housed in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, the museum with the most golden objects in the world. Other findings are in the Archaeology Museum in Sogamoso and in the Archaeology Museum of Pasca. Few artefacts are on display outside Colombia. Most of the objects outside Colombia are tunjos; small offer pieces part of the Muisca religion.

Muisca museum collections

Museum City Country Number of objects Type of objects Notes
Gold Museum Bogotá Colombia 1000s a.o. Muisca raft [1]
Archaeology Museum Sogamoso, Boyacá Colombia 3000 a.o. replica of Sun Temple [2]
Archaeology Museum Pasca, Cundinamarca Colombia a.o. replica of Muisca raft, mummies [3]
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City United States 22 tunjos, pendants, mask, mold, handle, diadem [4]
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas United States 21 tunjos, pendants, noserings, earrings, beads [5]
Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio United States 13 9 tunjos, 2 beads, 2 pendants [6]
Art Institute Chicago Chicago, Illinois United States 4 tunjos [7]
Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore, Maryland United States 2 tunjos [8]
Brooklyn Museum New York City United States 2 tunjo & yopo tray [9]
Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, Texas United States 2 tunjos [10]
National Museum of the American Indian Washington D.C. United States 2 tunjo & ceramic head [11][12]
Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, Connecticut United States 1 pendant [13]
Princeton University Art Museum Princeton, New Jersey United States 1 tunjo [14]
Denver Art Museum Denver, Colorado United States 1 ceramic jar [15]
American Museum of Natural History New York City United States 1 tunjo [16]
Hunt Museum Limerick Ireland 1 tunjo [17]
The Israel Museum Jerusalem Israel 1 pectoral [18]
British Museum London United Kingdom 2 tunjo & mummy [19][20]

See also

List of Muisca research institutes
List of Muisca scholars
Muisca

References

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