List of Muisca museum collections
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
[ 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
tunjo & 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]
See also
References