Where to go in Bogota - Museums in Bogota

Bogotá has many monuments to visit, national architectural heritage, each holds a part of the history of Bogota and the country, its terrain as if they spend the remaining and ears alive the spirit of that religious and libertador allowing time transported into the past. Most of these monuments are located in the towns of Candelaria and Chapinero Usaquén.

Bogotá also offers educational alternatives for when and ou go to a museum, and ou find there, making the routes according to their interests, there is a variety of them in the capital, so that does not leave disappointed, but by the otherwise acquire cultural knowledge through them.

Today in Bogota as a visitor and ou will have the opportunity to transform and enhance their criteria, knowing the development of the cultural values of the capital. It also has the opportunity to have valuable guides to report on the various tours that make for these amazing places. Stimulates their critical vision through them and take a good tour of the center of the capital. The museum is now a center of knowledge, from the discovery that and ou made about them.

So when and ou go to Bogota will also find a variety of monuments, through which and ou can discover the history of the country are over 27 museums that decorate the city, through them and ou can discover the life and work of the characters Bogota.

Museums in our list that are marked with ** are part of the "Follow this is and our house" of the Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Sport and the District Institute of Cultural Heritage of Bogota, every last Sunday of the month opens the door for free in 36 museums and cultural institutions of the city in hours 10:00 to 4:00 pm

Museo del Oro:

Location: Carrera 6 No. 15-88 Parque Santander
Telephone:343 2222
Hours: Alll Monday closed including holidays
Tuesday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday and holidays: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Good Thursday, July 20th (Independence Day) and August 7th (Battle of Boyacá).

Tickets: $3.000 pesos
Free Admission for children under 12 years and adults over 60 years
Free Admission all Sundays
http://www.banrepcultural.org/museo-del-oro

Museo Arqueológico
Casa Marqués de San Jorge:**

Location: Carrera 6 No 7 – 43
Telephone: 252 5890
Hours: Tuesday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Casa Museo Quinta de Bolívar:**

Location: Calle 20 No. 2 - 91 Este                              
Telephone: 336 6419 - 284 6819
Hours: Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturdayy Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
Tickets: Adults $3.000 - Estudents $2.000
Kids de 3 a 10 años $1.000 pesos
Free Admission for adults over 60 years
http://www.quintadebolivar.gov.co

Museo del 20 de Julio
"Casa del Florero":**

Location: Calle 11 No. 6 - 94
Telephone: 334 4150 - 282 6647
Hours: Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m
Tickets: Adults $3.000 - Estudents $2.000
Kids from 3 to 10 years $1.000 pesos
Free Admission for adults over 60 years

Fundación Museo de la Esmeralda:

Location: Calle 16 No. 6 - 66 edificio Avianca Piso 23
Telephone: 286 4259 - 286 4258
Hours: Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tickets: Adults $10.000 - Kids $5.000 pesos
http://www.museodelaesmeralda.com.co/

Casa Museo Francisco José de Caldas:

Location: Carrera 8 No 6 – 87
Theme: Independencia
Telephone: 289-6275
Hours: Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., .sábado from 9 a.m. to12:30 p.m
Tickets: 500 pesos 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Museo literario Caro and Cuervo:

Location: Calle 10 No. 4-69
Telephone: 341 7104
http://www.caroycuervo.gov.co/

Museo de artes and oficios:

Location: Calle 10 No 6 – 36
Theme: Trajes tradicionales populares
Hours: Sunday 10:00 a 4:00 pm
Tickets:Adults: $2.500 Kids: $1.500

Museo Exposición el Hombre:

Location: Calle 23 A No. 19-86
Telephone: 341 2128 – 352 1686
Theme: Trajes tradicionales populares
Hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a 11:00 a.m. and from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 m.

Museo Taurino:

Location: Carrera 6 No. 26-50 Plaza de Toros de Santamaría
Telephone: 334-1628 ext 18
Theme: Historia Taurina
Hours: Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. a 5:30 p.m. Saturday de 12 p.m. a 3 p.m.

Casa Museo Jorge Eliécer Gaitán:

Location: Calle 42 # 15 - 52
Telephone: 5720070 - 2453626 - Ext: 29229
Theme: Vida and obra de Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Hours:Tuesday to Friday from 10 am - 4 pm. Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 2 pm
Tickets: $3000 General Public, $1000 Estudents, Free Admission for adults over 60 years
www.museos.unal.edu.co

Museo de Colsubsidio :

Location: Calle 26 No.25-50
Telephone: 32 08320
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Museo de Arte de la universidad Nacional :

Location: Carrera 30 Calle 45 - National University of Colombia
Telephone:3165000 - Ext.: 17610 / 17613
Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
www.divulgacion.unal.edu.co/museodearte.html

Museo de historia Natural Universidad Nacional :

Location: Entrada Calle 53.
Telephone:: 316 5000 Ext. 11531-11508
Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12 m. and 2:00 a 5:00 p.m.

Museo de suelos de Colombia :

Location: Carrera 30 No. 48-51
Telephone:: 368 3666 Ext. 317 and 310
Hours: 368 3666 Ext. 317 and 310
www.igac.gov.co