The 10 Best Museums in Cali, Valle del Cauca Department

June 4, 2021 Leonarda Pillsbury

The site of the 2013 World Games, Cali is the sporting epicenter of Colombia. Pristine golf courses and countless opportunities for adventure sports in local parks, mountains and deserts are a big draw. Cultural attractions in Cali reflect the area’s rich indigenous history and European influence. Visit an archaeological park to experience tombs, ruins and cave paintings, or celebrate with the locals at a cultural festival. Show off your salsa in a lively nightclub, then spend the next morning recovering with an aromatic cup of that famous Colombian coffee.
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1. Caliwood Museo de la Cinematografia

Avenida Belalcazar No. 5A-55 Oeste - Edificio El Retiro A lo diagonal de la Librería Nacional del Oeste, Cali Colombia +57 310 4732282 [email protected] http://www.caliwood.weebly.com
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5.0 based on 280 reviews

Caliwood Museo de la Cinematografia

Caliwood Cinema Museum its located in Cali, Colombia. The newly opened museum is currently the only cinema museum in the country preserving the largest collection of theatre projectors, movie cameras, photo cameras, posters, and memorabilia.

Reviewed By 403noahr

Caliwood is a fantastic museum that has an outstanding collection of cameras, film posters, movie reels, and other items that any film buff would love. The guided tour was great, and the owner is amiable and knowledgeable. Highly recommend!

2. Museo Aereo Fenix

Aeropuerto Internacional Alfonso Bonilla Aragon Entrada 9A Via a Zona Franca, Cali Colombia 3113643266 http://www.museoaereofenix.org/
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5.0 based on 559 reviews

Museo Aereo Fenix

It is the only civil aviation and railroad museum in Colombia. See 27 full size aircraft and 4 locomotives, two model airports and two giant working model railroad layouts. More than 3500 models, many in realistic dioramas and the largest collection of airline flatware. There is also a collection of 30 uniforms and flying suits, both military and civilian.

Reviewed By KTakefuji - Seattle, United States

As a family of four (my husband and our two adult daughters) we visited this exhibition in December 2017 and were very impressed. It's an excellent and vast collection of various means of transportation worth spending an afternoon or even a day to look at it closely. We are very grateful to Mr. Jose Guillermo Pardo for his passionate and detailed tour and historical knowledge. It is this type of exhibits that make me very proud of my hometown, Cali. Keep up the excellent work and I hope the city of Cali can provide additional funds to expand the exhibition to fit more airplanes and trains.

3. Museo de la Cana de Azucar

Vereda Amaimito, Cali Colombia +57 2 6670196 http://www.museocanadeazucar.com/
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4.5 based on 361 reviews

Museo de la Cana de Azucar

Reviewed By peterjac

Great exposure to both a spanish colonial hacienda and the history of Panela production throughout the whole country. Definitely worth the drive from Cali.

4. MUSA Museo Arqueologico

Carrera 4 6 59, Cali 760044 Colombia +57 2 8893434 [email protected] http://www.musa.com.co/
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4.5 based on 98 reviews

MUSA Museo Arqueologico

The MUSA houses the largest and most diverse collection of pre-Columbian ceramic pieces in Colombia, which are exhibited at its venues in Bogotá and Cali. The museum's collection shows not only the aesthetic variety of pre-Columbian peoples, but can also serve as a window to research their sophisticated ways of understanding and explaining life, death and the world. Today, we hold thirteen thousand objects representing the main cultures that inhabited the country: Tairona, Muisca, Guane, Quimbaya, Calima, Nariño, Sinú, Tumaco, San Agustín, Tierradentro, among others.

Reviewed By SuzyQ1808 - Reading, United Kingdom

Fascinating good value museum. Definitely worth a visit if you are in Cali as it holds some interesting and well displayed pre-Columbia’s artefacts. There are good English translations as well. Housed in a beautiful and well-kept Colonial building with a lovely garden courtyard with hummingbirds. Just lovely.

5. Museo La Tertulia

Avenida Colombia No. 5-105 Oeste, Cali 0000 Colombia +57 2 8932939 [email protected] http://www.museolatertulia.com
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4.5 based on 204 reviews

Museo La Tertulia

La Tertulia Museum seeks to inspire in our environment, curiosity, delight and appreciation for the arts and other manifestations of culture. To fulfill this purpose the museum develops educational programs, exhibits, research and publications, collecting and preserving works of modern and contemporary art. These activities take place in an environment whose characteristics make the above a unique experience.1500 works of the leading artists of the American plastic. The collection of important modern art that exists in Colombia. The third collection of graphic art more important in Latin America.

6. Museo de Arte Colonial y Religioso La Merced

Carrera 4 No 6-117, Cali 760045 Colombia 8880646 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Museo-de-Arte-Colonial-y-Religioso-La-Merced/62165755598
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4.5 based on 129 reviews

Museo de Arte Colonial y Religioso La Merced

Reviewed By GeneralShamu - New York City, United States

Ensure you take the time to walk inside the church to see the two different sections of it. There is some interesting history involved in this church specifically.

7. Taller Tejada

Avenida 4 1 - 96 2do Piso, Cali 760045 Colombia +57 300 4733742 [email protected]
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4.5 based on 5 reviews

Taller Tejada

8. Museo del Oro Calima

Calle 7 4 - 69, Cali 760042 Colombia +57 2 8837700 [email protected] http://www.banrepcultural.org/cali/museo-del-oro-calima
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4.0 based on 101 reviews

Museo del Oro Calima

Reviewed By ElenaP2205 - Romania, null

The museum is well curated. The free guided tours are a wonderful way of visiting it. Our guide was John Edisson and he was professional and clear.

9. MULI - Museo Libre de Arte Publico de Colombia

Avenida 2n 23n 59 Old Building South Basement Train Station, Cali 760046 Colombia +57 2 8965085 [email protected] http://museolibre.org/
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4.0 based on 8 reviews

MULI - Museo Libre de Arte Publico de Colombia

El Museo Libre de Arte Público de Colombia es una institución museal privada, sin ánimo de lucro, abierta al público de manera permanente, que busca fomentar la autoestima social y la empatía territorial a través de la investigación, documentación, interpretación, comunicación, narrativa, exhibición y conservación de testimonios materiales e inmateriales del arte público. Construimos tejido social a través de las artes plásticas Re-significando Territorios, desde el espacio físico y el relacionamiento humano. No llevamos la gente al museo, llevamos el museo a la gente.

10. El Palomar Colombia

Carrera 12 2 41, Cali 760044 Colombia +57 2 8939252 [email protected] http://www.ceramicaselpalomar.com
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4.0 based on 7 reviews

El Palomar Colombia

El Palomar was founded in Cali’s San Antonio neighborhood, one of the city’s most traditional by Phazán Valencia family back in 1975. From the very beginning they decided that El Palomar would strive to establish an entirely a new artistic expression, based on their own conception of the life. From the very beginning they decided that El Palomar would strive to establish an entirely a new artistic expression, based on their own conception of the life. The miscegenation of pre-Columbian peoples with Spanish colonists and newcomers provided the original inspiration for the ceramic creations of El Palomar’s founders. This inspiration has been carefully nurtured by their offspring, Jessica Pazán and Ravel Pazán, as their esthetics and creativity find expression in a diversity of styles and designs. Our artwork reflect a style of our very own, redolent with images and symbols of a pre- Columbian world who, when melded with the colonists that followed, produced a vital, sensual

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