Museo de América
Much of the history you’ll encounter during a visit to Spain is bound up with the country’s imperial adventure in the Americas. This thoughtful museum, founded in 1941, uses its huge collection of pre-Columbian artifacts—many drawn from Carlos III’s Cabinet of Natural History assembled in the 18th century—to explore the indigenous cultures that were forever changed by Spanish colonization. But controversy is never far away. The Colombian government has demanded the return of the museum’s standout exhibit—the Quimbaya Treasure, a stunning collection of gold artifacts from the 6th century.
Much of the history you’ll encounter during a visit to Spain is bound up with the country’s imperial adventure in the Americas. This thoughtful museum, founded in 1941, uses its huge collection of pre-Columbian artifacts—many drawn from Carlos III’s Cabinet of Natural History assembled in the 18th century—to explore the indigenous cultures that were forever changed by Spanish colonization. But controversy is never far away. The Colombian government has demanded the return of the museum’s standout exhibit—the Quimbaya Treasure, a stunning collection of gold artifacts from the 6th century.
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