Museo de Arte Colonial

The initial collections of the Museum were formed thanks to the donation of some pieces from the collection of Eduardo Santos, the purchase of the collections Pardo and Argáez and the collection of colonial art of the National History Museum. The artworks were initially exhibited in a first room dedicated to the painter Gregorio Vásquez and another to the exhibition of the collection purchased from Pablo Argáez. Other rooms exhibited silverware, domestic and ecclesiastical furniture, painting and devotional sculpture and viceroyal portraits.During the first decade of the 21st century, the Colo...