Tequendama Falls Museum, Natural history museum in El Charquito, Colombia
The Tequendama Falls Museum occupies a French-style mansion perched on a cliff edge beside the Tequendama Falls on the Bogotá River.
Built in 1923 as a mansion during President Pedro Nel Ospina's era, the structure operated as a hotel from 1928 until the early 1990s.
The museum displays indigenous Muisca artifacts and continues the legacy of the word Tequendama, meaning 'he who precipitated downward' in Chibcha language.
The museum contains multiple exhibition halls featuring displays about local biodiversity, anatomical drawings, and regional ecosystems across three floors.
The European Union contributed €300,000 to transform this former luxury hotel into an environmental education center overlooking a 157-meter waterfall.
Location: San Antonio del Tequendama
Official opening: 2014
Website: http://casamuseotequendama.org
GPS coordinates: 4.58611,-74.30000
Latest update: December 5, 2025 16:09
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