Top 10 Museums in Villa de Leyva, Boyaca Department

November 1, 2021 Vergie Nakamoto

Beautifully preserved colonial city with a stunning cobblestone central square, 150 miles from Bogota.
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1. Guadalupe Arte & Diseno

Carrera 8 No. 15A 15, Villa de Leyva 154001050 Colombia +57 301 3919891 https://www.facebook.com/guadalupearteycosas
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5.0 based on 2 reviews

Guadalupe Arte and Things exhibits and sells works of recognized Colombian artists taken root in the locality, paintings, engravings, sculptures, photo; as well as objects of art of the only design. Consultancy is offered to visit artists' workshops to acquire works of big format, to talk straight with them and to enjoy the sceneries where they are located.

2. Dolce Vid Wine Bar

Calle 13 # 9-72 Center of the Town, Villa de Leyva 154001 Colombia +57 316 6523030 [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/vinosenvilladeleyva
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Dolce Vid Wine Bar

Dolce Vid wine bar located in the center of the town, is the only place dedicated to wines in Villa de Leyva.

3. Casa Meraki

Calle 10 7 48, Villa de Leyva 154001 Colombia [email protected]
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Casa Meraki

- A magical space in a cultural house built in the 1600’s, characterized by adobe walls and unique architecture. - An art gallery, a place of gathering for writers and poets. - Exhibition of tables and lamps built with reclaimed wood, exclusive pieces for sale. - Transitory exhibitions of sculptures and paintings. - An indoor garden area for music and cultural events. - Cafe & bar.

4. Casa Museo Antonio Narino

Carrera 9 No. 10-25, Villa de Leyva 154007 Colombia +57 312 5131832 [email protected] http://www.museoscolombianos.gov.co/museos-del-ministerio-de-cultura/museo-antonio-narino/Paginas/default.aspx
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4.5 based on 293 reviews

Casa Museo Antonio Narino

Reviewed By petecE7652AV - Villa de Leyva, Colombia

This house where the museum is located was renovated very well, so besides the museum you get to see how were the houses 450 yrs ago in this beautiful town of the Andes

5. Casa Museo Luis Alberto Acuna

Carrera 10 No. 12-83 Plaza Principal Villa de Leyva, Villa de Leyva 154001 Colombia +57 7320422 [email protected] http://casamuseoacuna8.wix.com/casamuseoacuna
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4.5 based on 130 reviews

Casa Museo Luis Alberto Acuna

Reviewed By jenedc2016 - Santa Rosa, United States

This is the home of an interesting Colombian artist who seems to be relatively little known in the US or anywhere outside Colombia. This makes it all the more worthwhile to visit. He lived here and the place is both museum to his art and his home. It has both a large collection of his own art, including paintings, sculptures, and tapestries, plus other art which he himself collected. Some of the art he did to decorate his home. It is located right on the Plaza Mayor in the heart of town and we found it to be one of our top places to visit in town.

6. Centro de Investigaciones Paleontologicas - CIP

Via a Santa Sofia km 4, Villa de Leyva Colombia +57 314 2192904 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Centro-de-Investigaciones-Paleontol%C3%B3gicas-CIP-Villa-de-Leyva/260788244037684?sk=timeline
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4.5 based on 395 reviews

Centro de Investigaciones Paleontologicas - CIP

Reviewed By KOSGS

Located 15 minutes bus ride outside of Villa de Leyva (take the ng to Santa Sofia), this small museum provides a really interesting activity for those interested in the prehistoric history of the region, and the country in general. 10000 COP to enter and this includes an informative guide in either Spanish or English, and we could tell the guide was incredibly passionate about her job and was very happy to answer all our questions. Probably only need to spend 45 minutes here, but museo El Fósil is conventiently located 100 metres across the road so you’re able to visit both museums in one morning/afternoon.

7. Casa Museo Capitan Antonio Ricaurte

Calle 15 No. 8-17 Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, Colombia, Villa de Leyva 154001 Colombia +57 318 6618807 [email protected] http://www.museofac.mil.co
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Casa Museo Capitan Antonio Ricaurte

Colombian Air Force Museum. It is the home of Captain Antonio Ricaurte, hero of Colombia and symbol of Colombian Air Force

Reviewed By TravelerTrecker

This is a lovely, little, historical house. The house is old and very well restored. It has three different rooms that tell the history of Mr. Antonio Ricaurte and how his immolation prevent it the Spaniards from reconquering Colombia. It is managed by the Colombian airforce. The space is very clean, it is in front of a very nice square, in a peaceful area of town. It opens for a few hours in am and pm. It does not open every day. It is free. It is walking distance from many other historical sites.

8. Museo El Fosil

Villa de Leyva Colombia +57 310 5700243 http://www.facebook.com/elfosilmuseo
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Museo El Fosil

The "Museum Fossil" is a community museum that exhibits in situ the fossil specimen holotype "Kronosaurus BOYACENSIS" described by OLIVER HAMPE 1992, this animal, a PLIOSAUROIDAE Cretaceous period Early, with 115 million years old, was a marine reptile predator of large, thick, short neck, four powerful flippers, short and muscular tail, breathing through lungs and gave birth to calves directly into the water. We also exhibited the holotype "PADILLASAURUS LEIVANENSIS" (Parra et. Al., 2015) A Brachiosauridae, originally from the Cretaceous period Early, with 130 million years old, is a dinosaur of great stature, with over 12 meters high and 17 meters long, unique in its kind. Our museum also exhibits a beautiful head of Kronosaurus as well as an interesting tip from another Kronosaurus and vertebras of this animal, and fragments of limbs and muzzle of that powerful marine reptile ... In our collection we have traces of Ichthyosauria, marine reptile breathing through lungs and gave birth to calves directly into the water, in the form of snuff, big eyes and a powerful flukes, one that animal was a hunter deep water. We also exhibited a considerable amount of Ammonoideas, commonly called "Ammonite", our collection of Ammonite allows us to observe the processes of biological change over time, or what is the same, allows us to observe the evolution, as well as the different types of materials rock that make up the fossils of the region. Our small but important collection of bivalvias, fish, crabs and turtles allow us to observe dynamic different ecological and diverse ecological niches, from benthic animals as some bivalvias, through sea animals open as Ichthyosauria and fish, covering metropolitan animals like PLIOSAUROIDAE, reaching close to the coasts, where animals like ammonites, crabs and turtles dominated the scene. Also, our museum exhibits remains petrified plants Cretaceous period, we have evidence of roots, stems, leaves and seeds of gymnosperm plants. Last but not least, we exhibit some fossil remains of mammals of the Cenozoic Era, to be known Mammutidae and other remains still unidentified.

Reviewed By TJLombardo2017 - Envigado, Colombia

A local museum with unique fossils rarely find in any other place. By visiting it you can grasp what life was millions of years ago in this land. Interesting historical content and valuable community effort

9. Observatoire des indiens muiscas

Villa de Leyva Colombia
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Observatoire des indiens muiscas

10. Museo Paleontologico de Villa de Leyva

Km 1.5 Via Arcabuco, Villa de Leyva Colombia +57 8 7320466 http://ciencias.bogota.unal.edu.co/paleontologico
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Museo Paleontologico de Villa de Leyva

Reviewed By mayow129 - St. Albans, United Kingdom

We drove to this small museum but it was amazing how they displayed their finds of very large marine fossils. The guide has stilted English but we understood that the area is full of fossil finds and is very significant in Colombia

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