The Archaeology Museum of Pasca () is an

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

museum located in

Pasca Pasca is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca department of Colombia located in the Andes. It belongs to the Sumapaz Province. Pasca is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the capital B ...

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. It houses a great collection of

Pre-Columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European col ...

objects and human remains, including

Muisca The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are indigenous peoples in Colombia and were a Pre-Columbian culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The Muisca spe ...

mummies A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and Organ (biology), organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to Chemical substance, chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the ...

. It has a replica of the famous golden

raft A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barre ...

, '' Balsa Muisca'', found near this town that represents the ''

El Dorado El Dorado () is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions � ...

'' rite. The museum hosts a piece of Muisca textile from Belén, Boyacá.Photos of Precolumbian art found at Pasca
/ref> The total collection numbers 2500 pieces.Museo Arqueológico de Pasca
/ref> Apart from the Muisca artifacts, the museum hosts material from the

Tairona Tairona or Tayrona was a Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, Pre-Columbian culture of Colombia, which consisted in a group of chiefdoms in the region of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in present-day Cesar Department, Cesar, Magdalena Department, Mag ...

, Calima,

Quimbaya The Quimbaya () were a small, ancient indigenous group in present-day Colombia noted for their gold work characterized by technical accuracy and detailed designs. The majority of the gold work is made in ''tumbaga'' alloy, with 30% copper, whi ...

, Sinú, San Agustín and Tierradentro, among others.Museo Arqueológico de Pasca
/ref> It also has a

botanic garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is ...

,Museo Arqueológico de Pasca
- El Tiempo with stuffed animals and a large

insectarium An insectarium is a live insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects. Insectariums often display a variety of insects and similar arthropods, such as spiders, beetles, cockroaches, ants, bees, millipedes, centipedes, crickets, grasshopp ...

. It was founded in 1969 by the

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priest Jaime Hincapié Santamaría.

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Precolumbian Golden Boat
Famous golden figure based on El Dorado rite (housed in the Gold Museum at

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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Archeological Museum Of Pasca Archaeological sites in Colombia Indigenous topics of the Andes Pre-Columbian cultures Archaeological museums in Colombia Tourist attractions near Bogotá Buildings and structures in Cundinamarca Department Tourist attractions in Cundinamarca Department Muisca

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