List of Muisca museum collections

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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

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

References

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"
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. .