El Dorado

With almost 300 objects, this exhibition presented the most important cultural areas of pre-Hispanic Colombia. The so-called “Treasure of the Quimbaya” formed the centerpiece. The Museo de América in Madrid provided the most important works for its reconstruction: lime containers made of gold in the shape of human figures, helmets, necklaces, ear and nose jewelry. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Museo del Oro in Bogotá, which provided the majority of the loans, the Museo de América in Madrid and the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin. The latter presented the exhibition after Munich.