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 |
|
Archaeology Museum |
Sogamoso, Boyacá |
Colombia |
3000 |
a.o. replica of Sun Temple |
|
Archaeology Museum |
Pasca, Cundinamarca |
Colombia |
a.o. replica of Muisca raft, mummies |
|
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York City |
United States |
22 |
tunjos, pendants, mask, mold, handle, diadem |
|
Museum of Fine Arts |
Houston, Texas |
United States |
21 |
tunjos, pendants, noserings, earrings, beads |
|
Cleveland Museum of Art |
Cleveland, Ohio |
United States |
13 |
9 tunjos, 2 beads, 2 pendants |
|
Art Institute of Chicago |
Chicago, Illinois |
United States |
4 |
tunjos |
|
Baltimore Museum of Art |
Baltimore, Maryland |
United States |
2 |
tunjos |
|
Brooklyn Museum |
New York City |
United States |
2 |
tunjo & yopo tray |
|
Dallas Museum of Art |
Dallas, Texas |
United States |
2 |
tunjos |
|
National Museum of the American Indian |
Washington D.C. |
United States |
2 |
tunjo & ceramic head |
|
Yale University Art Gallery |
New Haven, Connecticut |
United States |
1 |
pendant |
|
Princeton University Art Museum |
Princeton, New Jersey |
United States |
1 |
tunjo |
|
Denver Art Museum |
Denver, Colorado |
United States |
1 |
ceramic jar |
|
American Museum of Natural History |
New York City |
United States |
1 |
tunjo |
|
Hunt Museum |
Limerick |
Ireland |
1 |
tunjo |
|
The Israel Museum |
Jerusalem |
Israel |
1 |
pectoral |
|
British Museum |
London |
United Kingdom |
2 |
tunjo & mummy |
|
See also
- List of Muisca research institutes
- List of Muisca scholars
- Muisca