List of Muisca museum collections

This is a list of museum collections pertaining to the Muisca. Most of 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

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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 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	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]

References

^ (in Spanish) Muisca collection at the Gold Museum, Bogotá
^ (in Spanish) Archaeology Museum of Sogamoso Archived 2016-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ (in Spanish) Archaeology Museum of Pasca
^ Muisca collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
^ "Muisca collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
^ Muisca collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
^ Muisca collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
^ Muisca collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art
^ Muisca collection of the Brooklyn Museum
^ Muisca collection of the Dallas Museum of Art
^ Muisca tunjo in the National Museum of the American Indian
^ Muisca ceramic head in the National Museum of the American Indian
^ Muisca collection of the Yale University Art Gallery
^ Muisca collection of the Princeton University Art Museum
^ Muisca collection of the Denver Art Museum
^ Muisca collection of the American Museum of Natural History
^ Muisca collection of the Hunt Museum - "possibly Peruvian" [sic]
^ Muisca collection of The Israel Museum
^ Muisca collection of the British Museum
^ Martínez Martín, Abel Fernando, and Luz Martínez Santamaría. 2012. Sobre la momificación y los cuerpos momificados de los muiscas - On mummification and the mummified bodies of the Muisca. Revista Salud Historia Sanidad 1. 61-80. .

[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, and Luz Martínez Santamaría. 2012. Sobre la momificación y los cuerpos momificados de los muiscas - On mummification and the mummified bodies of the Muisca. Revista Salud Historia Sanidad 1. 61-80. .

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See also

References