Museo de Bogotá, Bogota

The Bogota Museum is located in a historic colonial house, former residence of Juan Samano, built in 1780. Originally, it was opened in 1969 as the Museum of Urban Development, which lived through several transformations, settling in 2009 in the recently renovated Samano house. The museum traces the history of the development of Bogota, from the time of its foundation to the present megapolis. The museum shows the city's first phase – a small village at the time of the Conquest, including the foundation, the map with the route of the conquerors and the location of the various native tribal settlements. It then leads to the colonial city of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries, dominated by the spirit of devotion and religiosity, leaving Hispanic buildings, churches, chapels and cloisters. The modern era is exposed through documents, drawings, prints, engravings, models and photographs, depicting the transformation of urban scape, adding new contemporary buildings and environment.