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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
[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