The Casa de Moneda Museum is part of the Art and Numismatic Museums of the Arts and Other Collections Unit of the Cultural Sub-Management of the Bank of the Republic.
The museum offers a fascinating account of Colombia's economic, social, and cultural processes through its exceptional numismatic collection. This exhibition also includes valuable archaeological, artistic, and documentary pieces that have allowed for the reconstruction of the country's economic history from pre-Hispanic times to the present.
Its history recounts that on July 20, 1961, the Bank of the Republic opened the doors of the Numismatic Museum, where it exhibited its extensive collection of coins and banknotes for the first time. At that time, the museum had 1,032 pieces, including 400 two-escudo gold macuquinas from Santa Fe, minted between 1628 and 1636, found in the Magdalena River and known as the Mesuno Treasure. In 1985, the museum underwent a renovation process, revising both the exhibition narrative and the museographic designs, and reopened in December 1996 in its original building, now housing the permanent Numismatic Collection, which is displayed in ten exhibition rooms.
Today, the exhibition narrative has been carefully developed, taking into account the comments and recommendations of more than 800 participants in an audience study, who shared their expectations and perspectives on the museum. In 1975, the Mint was declared a National Monument by the then Colombian Institute of Culture (now the Ministry of Culture).
