Gold Museum closed

andres123 says on Sep 16, 2008, 19:14:

U should try Simon Bolivar Park :)

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gabolicious says on Sep 16, 2008, 19:18:

What about Monserrate? or perhaps Parque Jaime Duque...

Elección no canonización....

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IloveCidy says on Sep 16, 2008, 19:36:

Yeah I went to both of those places but I didn't see the changing of the guard and I was there at 5pm as my book states. The book sucks.

I miss my novia!

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Buongone says on Sep 16, 2008, 21:58:

ILC. Check out the www.Colombiareports. Then hit Bogota Nightlife & Events. Lots of things to do. They have a calendar with the days marked events. As in Salsa Concert, Culture Club Concert, etc, etc,. One way of getting into the scene, under the radar. lol.

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johnny2008 says on Sep 17, 2008, 02:29:

Hey the BOTERO museum (it pays to know the name of Colombia's most prominent living artist) is well worth persisting with. It is one of the most intimate and informal galleries in the nicest settings.

I also think you went to the wrong pizza place because the one that I meant doesn't sell pizza by the slice, they are all made fresh in front of your very eyes. It has a mona lisa type theme inside with lots of paintings of mona, including botero's version which, being a distinguished international art appreciator you will have just seen the original

I didnt know the museum was closed either

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el flaco says on Sep 17, 2008, 05:03:

However there is the equally fine Gold Museum in Cartagena.

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dwmte7 says on Sep 17, 2008, 10:04:

love the gold museum...it's the only solid gold 'head shop' museum in the world. never seen nothing like it. tooter tubes, choppers/dicers/slicers everything any decent hippie with deep pockets could ever want.

dwmte

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Mononoke28 says on Sep 17, 2008, 10:23:

Man, I didn't go last time I was there. Will bookmark it for next time.

The Museo Nacional was pretty nice to go to I thought. The architecture is fantastic!

Diana

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 17, 2008, 10:32:

I used to love the gold museum as a kid. However, as I grew up and learned more about Colombian history, my opinion changed somewhat. I still think it is beautiful, but now it just serves as a testament to the unfathomable evils that one group of my ancestors visited upon another group of my ancestors in the name of gold and God.

Even so, it is still definitely worth visiting. It's a shame that it is closed, but it's good that they are making improvements to the place.

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Mononoke28 says on Sep 17, 2008, 10:39:

So they have all kinds of gold stuff right? Jewelry, statues, etc.?

Diana

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Sep 17, 2008, 10:41:

All kinds of beautiful items. Here is a flickr slideshow with some pics.

http://flickr.com/search/show/?q=museo+de+oro+bogota&ss=2

You might have to copy and paste the whole link. The posting scripts on PBH strip out HTML.

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dwmte7 says on Sep 17, 2008, 12:02:

diana.....it's really interesting...along with the trinkets, necklaces, vases, rings and various adornments, there's all this drug paraphenalia used by the inca (?) priests. all solid gold. i couldn't believe it the first time i was there. i thought i was in a head shop....a really special one, kinda like the tiffany's of drug gear.

dwmte

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Mononoke28 says on Sep 17, 2008, 14:04:

Get out! Niiice!

Thanks, CG.

Diana

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