This very well done archaeological museum was built on the remains of Sogamoso's Muisca cemetery and highlights this most important of Chibcha-speaking cultures – among others – through art, ceramics, sculpture, music, paleontology etc. The most interesting exhibits include the mummified remains of a cacique (head of tribe) and the spine-shivering shrunken-head techniques of the Jivaros and Shiworas tribes.
The grounds includes a replica of the Temple of the Sun, the Muisca necropolis destroyed by the Spanish (by accident, according to the chronicles, while inspecting its dark interior with torches) in 1537.
