Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación, Memory and reconciliation museum in Los Mártires district, Bogotá, Colombia.

The Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación stands on the former grounds of Bogotá's Cementerio Central at Carrera 19B with Calle 24, facing El Renacimiento park. Juan Pablo Ortiz Arquitectos won the 2008 competition to design it. The complex holds a documentation centre, an auditorium, a victim assistance centre, classrooms, offices and a museum ringed by the water mirror of the Parque de la Reconciliación, plus a monolith. Its rammed-earth walls are poured in rings marking the bicentennial.

The institution opened in 2012 on the former grounds of the Central Cemetery, established to address Colombia's internal conflict. It was developed as a space to promote peace-building and reconciliation among affected communities.

The museum gathers testimonies and documents about Colombia's internal conflict that visitors encounter through rotating exhibitions and educational programs. These collections show personal stories of people affected by violence and loss.

The center sits at Carrera 19B with Calle 24, facing El Renacimiento Park, a few steps from Avenida 26 and the Transmilenio Centro Memoria station. The museum is ringed by the water mirror of the Parque de la Reconciliación, so allow time to walk the outdoor area as well as the halls.

More than 2,000 people brought soil from their places of origin, and it now rests encapsulated in the hall of the building together with written memories and pledges for peace. The gesture made the floor of the entrance a collective archive rather than a design feature.