Since the opening of the Tequendama House Museum, we have worked to regularly display new exhibitions that allow visitors to learn about Colombian nature, its history, threats and conservation efforts. Our goal is to position this space as an educational platform on biodiversity and culture.
Digital exhibitions
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Tequendama Falls
This digital exhibition was developed jointly by the Virtual Library of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia and the Granja Ecológica El Porvenir Foundation. It addresses the following topics:
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Fall of Tequendama. Edward Mark (S. XIX)
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Current exhibitions
1. The Incredible Journey of Alexander von Humboldt
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"One sees the water disappear into the air... next to the Fall a rocky wall rises up that is very much mentioned because it seems to have actually been carved vertically by the hands of an artist". A. von Humboldt.
The German explorer Alexander von Humboldt was also at the Tequendama Falls. Therefore, this exhibition, created by Andrea Wulf in association with the artist Lillian Melcher, brings von Humboldt's expedition to South America to life with extracts from his diaries, atlas and publications. The exhibition arrived to the Tequendama House Museum in 2019 as part of the 250th anniversary of the explorer's birth, with the support of the German Embassy in Colombia.
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2. Climate Change is not Funny
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Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. At the Tequendama House Museum, we invite you to discuss this topic with this exhibition, in which artists from all over the world show their particular vision of this problem using graphic humor.
This collection of cartoons is an initiative of the Spanish environmental journalism project Ballena Blanca and arrived at the Tequendama Falls thanks to the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá. |
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3. Citizen's Window to the Bogotá River
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It is mainly an informative, educational and reflective space, which shows the visitor the richness of the Bogotá River and the importance of its recovery, as well as the wildlife around it, the entire course of the river, its pollution levels and much more.
The exhibition was made possible by the agreement between the Corporación Autónoma Regional (CAR) and the Granja Ecológica el Porvenir Foundation. |
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4. Reminiscence Room
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This space is a tribute to the house when it was a train station with a hotel service. The customs of Bogota's society stand out when visiting this iconic place.
Its provisioning has been done little by little, rescuing elements typical of the time. For this, we have received the special support of the Fashion Design Faculty of the Área Andina Foundation. |
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5. From Abandonment to Life
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This exhibition reflects the work done by the Granja Ecológica el Porvenir Foundation since 2011.
It shows photographs and objects that portray the state of abandonment in which the house was found, the restoration process and the result of the interventions: a before and after that we are very proud of! |
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Previous exhibitions
The Tequendama Falls have a future
It includes the history of the Tequendama Falls recovery program El Salto tiene Porvenir (Engl.: the Tequendama Falls have a future), and information on the surrounding cloud forest and the Tequendama House Museum. It highlights the importance of this environment for the production of water and other ecosystem services. It was developed with the support of the Natural History Museum of Berlin.
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Photo Gallery
Thanks to the support of the Cuéllar family and the Luis Ángel Arango Library of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, this exhibition presented a collection of images of the Tequendama Falls by two of the pioneers of photography in Colombia: Gumersindo Cuéllar and Saddy González. Families from Bogotá also contributed with their personal archives. |
Bonpland in South America
Aimé Bonpland's valuable legacy was presented at the Tequendama House Museum thanks to the support of the National University of Colombia and the French Embassy in Colombia. It compiled the life of the botanist in the new world, and especially, his experience in the Colombian territory. |
José Jerónimo Triana, heir of a botanical tradition
Triana was the most important Colombian botanist of the 19th century. His main legacy is collected in his Prodromus, a work that highlights the great biodiversity of Colombia. This exhibition was presented with the support of the National University of Colombia, and as a posthumous tribute to Santiago Díaz, an important supporter of the Tequendama Falls recovery.
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The Anatomy of the Human Body by Francesco Antommarchi
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A day in the Tatacoa Desert
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Butterflies of the Orinoquía
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Caves, ecosystems of the underground world
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This exhibition on the anatomy of the human body was presented at the Tequendama House Museum by the Direction of Museums and Cultural Heritage of the National University of Colombia with the collaboration of the French Embassy in Colombia.
The exhibition included the lithographs made by Antommarchi, Napoleon Bonaparte's doctor, which captured in great detail the organs of the human body. |
The photographic exhibition, which presented the Tatacoa Desert in Colombia from a paleontological and astronomical point of view, arrived at the Tequendama House Museum with the support of the Direction of Museums and Cultural Heritage of the National University of Colombia. It was composed of various photographs that captured life in the Tatacoa desert, considered one of the most important fossil areas in South America.
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The objective of this exhibition was to show in a didactic way the diversity of the butterflies of the Orinoquía Region in Colombia. It was based on the research by the Institute of Natural Sciences of the National University of Colombia. It was presented at the Tequendama House Museum with the support of the Direction of Museums and Cultural Heritage of the National University of Colombia.
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With this exhibition the Tequendama House Museum was inaugurated in 2012 supported by the Direction of Museums and Heritage of the National University of Colombia. The exhibition included the results of the explorations in these underground ecosystems in the country and presented information on the karst systems, their fauna and rock formations.
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Follow us and together we will restore more territories to always have a story to tell.
Fundación GEP | Vereda San Francisco. Soacha, Colombia | proyectos@casamuseotequendama.org