PROYECTO PEDAGÓGICO EXPEDICIONARIO

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WORKSHOP PREVIOUS THE EXPEDITION

A. STUDENTS LOOK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT GOLD MUSEUM IN ITS WEBSIDEhttp://www.banrepcultural.org/gold-museum

B. STUDENTS CREATE A GLOSSARY ABOUT GOLD MUSEUMC. DREW A MAP WITH ALL PRE-HISPANIC COLOMBIAN SOCIETIES

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D. The Gold Museum's permanent exhibition invites you to discover the history of how gold and other metals were used by the pre-Hispanic societies who lived in the land today known as Colombia. It is displayed in four exhibition galleries and an exploration area, all of which you can visit in whatever order you prefer.

Match each exhibition gallery with its right description

The Working of Metals reveals how and in what contexts people used metals as part of their political and religious organisation.

People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia describes the mining and manufacturing techniques employed by the ancient metallurgists.

The Exploratorium immerses the visitor in the world of ceremonies at which offerings were made.

Cosmology and Symbolism explores mythical subjects, shamanism, and the symbology of metals.

The Offering encourages interactivity and reflection on the diversity and meaning of the heritage that is preserved in the Museum.

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EXHIBITION GALLERIES

The Working of Metals gallery_____ Cosmology and Symbolism _____

People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia____ The Offering ______

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Vigencia 2016WORKSHOP AFTER EXPEDITION

According to the Gold Museum Expedition, match the right exhibition room with its right description.

1.

a. Cosmologies gave society and its surroundings a place in the universe. All things acquired a location and a meaning, and they were interwoven in a deep symbolism. According to myths, at the beginning of time the creators gave people all they needed for living.

_______

2.b. The offering Room. Pre-Hispanic goldwork

objects were more than mere ornaments, they were symbols of the religion of pre-Hispanic indigenous groups: shamanism.

The exhibition room on the third floor of the new Gold Museum deals with the meaning of this religious art, in a semi-dark environment where six cylindrical showcases connect heaven and earth. The Muisca Raft, the object which symbolises the El Dorado myth and ceremony, introduces the subject of the offering that was made by the chieftain or the shaman in order to encourage or restore equilibrium in the world.

_______

3.c. The Working of Metals gallery describes the

mining, smelting and metalworking processes that are behind every single metal object that is on display in the Gold Museum.

________

4.d. In this gallery, People and Gold in Pre-

Hispanic Colombia, you will travel the country from south to north. You will get to know the climates, the environments, and the ancient societies and cultures that lived in the Andes mountains and on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, which were the regions where metals were worked in the past.

_________

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Vigencia 2016AFTER With all pictures and videos that student took during the expedition, it will be designed a blog with all information about Gold Museum.

The closing will be in front of the students in a formal event at school at the beginning of the Play “Looking for Julieth”

Answers

The Working of Metals Describes the mining and manufacturing techniques employed by the ancient metallurgists.

People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia Reveals how and in what contexts people used metals as part of their political and religious organisation.

The Exploratorium Encourages interactivity and reflection on the diversity and meaning of the heritage that is preserved in the Museum

Cosmology and Symbolism Explores mythical subjects, shamanism, and the symbology of metals.

The Offering Immerses the visitor in the world of ceremonies at which offerings were made.

According to the Gold Museum Expedition, match the right exhibition room with its right description.

1.

a. The Working of Metals gallery describes the mining, smelting and metalworking processes that are behind every single metal object that is on display in the Gold Museum.

2.

b. In this gallery, People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia, you will travel the country from south to north. You will get to know the climates, the environments, and the ancient societies and cultures that lived in the Andes mountains and on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, which were the regions where metals were worked in the past.

PROYECTO PEDAGÓGICO EXPEDICIONARIO

Vigencia 2016

3.

c. Cosmology and Symbolism explores gave society and its surroundings a place in the universe. All things acquired a location and a meaning, and they were interwoven in a deep symbolism. According to myths, at the beginning of time the creators gave people all they needed for living.

4.

d. The offering Room. Pre-Hispanic goldwork objects were more than mere ornaments, they were symbols of the religion of pre-Hispanic indigenous groups: shamanism.

The exhibition room on the third floor of the new Gold Museum deals with the meaning of this religious art, in a semi-dark environment where six cylindrical showcases connect heaven and earth. The Muisca Raft, the object which symbolises the El Dorado myth and ceremony, introduces the subject of the offering that was made by the chieftain or the shaman in order to encourage or restore equilibrium in the world.