The art collection of the Banco de la República, the
central bank of
Colombia, dates back to 1957 and it now numbers over 6,500 works, mainly of
Colombian and
Latin American art. The art collection is displayed across the bank's cultural network including in the
Miguel Urrutia Art Museum which is the largest venue for exhibiting
visual arts within the network. Established in 2004 as the
Banco de la República Art Museum, the MAMU is the main
art museum within the Bank of the Republic's cultural network and it's used to display the bank's art collection. The Bank of the Republic's art collection dates back to 1957 Since 2013, the permanent exhibit has been divided in 5 different curatorial expositions:
The first modern times, In 2016, the museum changed its name from the
Bank of the Republic Art Museum (
Spanish:
Museo de Arte del Banco de la República) to the
Miguel Urrutia Art Museum as an homage to Colombian economist and academic
Miguel Urrutia Montoya. == Collection ==