Museums: “MUSEO NACIONAL”

by: Santiago Rodriguez

The “MUSEO NACIONAL” was

supposed to be founded in April the 9^th of

1948 but it was postponed because of the

“BOGOTAZO” so it was finally founded in May
the 2^nd of the same year. The museum from

August the 30^th until October the 30^th of 2011

has an exposition of art only of Latin

America’s artists it is called “ZOOM

LATINOAMERICANO” but also the museum has some other

exposition of art and history. The “MUSEO NACIONAL”

entrance has a cost of $2.000 for adults, $1.000 for students,

$500 for kids and it is free on Sundays. The museum is open

form Tuesday to Saturdays form 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m.

On the first floor, the museum has a temporally art exposition and a permanent exposition. On the second floor, the museum has seven different rooms all related with the independence and republic of Colombia. Those rooms are:

       1.    “Fundadores de la República”

       2.   “Bóveda de Plateria”

              3. “Nuevo Reino de Granada”
   4. “Obra en Estudio”

             5. “Emancipación y Replública” 

           6.“Gabinete de Miniaturas”

           7.“Federalismo y Centralísmo”

On the third floor, there are three different rooms of art and history all related with the history after the foundation of the republic of Colombia, also on this floor we can see some topics related to other parts of the world. The rooms on the third floor are:

      1.“República de Colombia 1886-1910”

      2.“Ideologías Arte e Industria 1910-1948”

      3."Sala Modernidades 1948-1965”