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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

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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 of 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

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References

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  1. ^ (in Spanish) Muisca collection at the Gold Museum, Bogotá
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Archaeology Museum of Sogamoso Archived 2016-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in Spanish) Archaeology Museum of Pasca
  4. ^ Muisca collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  5. ^ "Muisca collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  6. ^ Muisca collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  7. ^ Muisca collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
  8. ^ Muisca collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art
  9. ^ Muisca collection of the Brooklyn Museum
  10. ^ Muisca collection of the Dallas Museum of Art
  11. ^ Muisca tunjo in the National Museum of the American Indian
  12. ^ Muisca ceramic head in the National Museum of the American Indian
  13. ^ Muisca collection of the Yale University Art Gallery
  14. ^ Muisca collection of the Princeton University Art Museum
  15. ^ Muisca collection of the Denver Art Museum
  16. ^ Muisca collection of the American Museum of Natural History
  17. ^ Muisca collection of the Hunt Museum - "possibly Peruvian" [sic]
  18. ^ Muisca collection of The Israel Museum
  19. ^ Muisca collection of the British Museum
  20. ^ Martínez Martín, Abel Fernando; Martínez Santamaría, Luz (2012), "Sobre la momificación y los cuerpos momificados de los muiscas - On mummification and the mummified bodies of the Muisca", Revista Salud Historia Sanidad, 7 (in Spanish), 1: 61–80, ISSN 1909-2407
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