Inside the Colonial Museum lives Colombia's heritage and cultural history, housed in a collection of works from private collections, created during the disentailment of ecclesiastical property led by General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera around 1861.
As a result of this measure, numerous objects expropriated from the Church passed into private hands and were later donated or acquired by various museums.
Over the years, the collections have grown in number and diversity. Currently, the Museum possesses almost two thousand pieces, including easel paintings, sculptures, furniture, silverware, textiles, engravings, printed materials, and manuscripts.
The most outstanding groups of pieces are those of devotional paintings and sculptures from the 17th and 18th centuries. Equally important are the works that have entered the collection on loan from private collections and that have been made available to the public.
