Antioquia Museum. Medellin - COLOMBIA

Direccion: Cl. 52 - 43, Medellin, Antioquia
Phone: +57 4 2513636

The Antioquia Museum is in the center of Medell?n that houses collections with international relevance.

? It is located in front of Botero Square, near the Parque Berr?o metro station. In 1995 it was declared a national monument.

In 1872, a group of people made up of Dr. Manuel Uribe ?ngel, Antonio Jos? Restrepo (?ito Restrepo) and Colonel Mart?n G?mez went to work to establish the Zea Museum in honor of Francisco Antonio Zea, to integrate it into the Library of Sovereign State of Antioquia, in order to symbolize the educational and cultural interests of the society on duty.

The first collections were made up of objects of historical, artistic and bibliographic value, belonging to their founders. Doctor Manuel Uribe ?ngel offered to donate his collections with the sole requirement of being the first director of the Museum.