UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections

Address:
Calle 67 Número 53 - 108 bloque 15

Opening Hours:
Headquarters campus and house of memory:
Monday to Thursday: 8:00 to 18:00 hours,
Friday: 8:00 to 16:00 hours,
Saturday: 9:00 to 13:00
Faculty of Medicine:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 14:30 to 16:00 hours

Contact:
museo@quimbaya.udea.edu.co
museouni@arhuaco.udea.edu.co
Phone: (574) 2195180
Fax: (574) 2334406

Links:
Museo Universitario Universidad de Antioquia -MUUA
Universidad de Antioquia

Description:
The University Museum has five collections: Anthropology, with 17966 pieces, the richest collection of pre-Columbian ceramics in the county; Visual Arts, with 1316 pieces: 1143 of national artists and 173 of foreign artistes; Natural Sciences, with 23420 species of Colombian wildlife; University History , with 7000 historical pieces related to the life of the University; and Human Species, with 250 pieces. The Interactive Galileo Room, with 108 pieces and showcases that reproduce and explain physical, chemical mathematical phenomena, among others. Them Museum offers guides visits, transitory exhibitions, counseling services, courses, and workshops.

Further Reading:
Revista Códice, Textos sobre los temas de interés