Casa Museo Jorge Eliecer Gaitán

Location:
Calle 42 15-23
Bogotá, Colombia

Museum Types:
History

By Lorraine Caputo

Casa Museo Jorge Eliecer Gaitán preserves the home and office of who, without a doubt, is the most important social leader in modern Colombian history. Shortly after graduating from law school, the brilliant attorney soon became a progressive Congressman of the Partido Liberal (Liberal Party) in the 1920s. Before the legislature, Gaitán presented testimony he compiled from survivors of the 1928 Ciénaga banana massacre. This stunning documentation is still widely available. His entire career was focused on improving the social rights of his countrypeople, which made him a tremendously popular presidential candidate in 1948. But, before that could happen, on April 9 of the same year he was assassinated on Calle 7, near Avenida Jiménez, in downtown Bogotá. His killing sparked the present-day civil war that has now lasted more than 60 years. Casa Museo Jorge Eliecer Gaitán teaches visitor about the life, work and the philosophy of this illustrious Colombian.

Price Description: Adults $1.60, children $0.50

Relative price: Budget

Open Hours from:Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m., 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.

Open Hours to:Tuesday-Friday noon, 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m.

Days Closed:Monday

Travel Skills: None

Currencies accepted
Colombian Peso

Contact Information:
Phone: 1-572-0070 / 572-0071 / 572-0072
Fax: 1-245-3626
E-mail: casagaitan(at)remove-this.unal.edu.co
URL: www.unal.edu.co/diracad/catsede/catsede.html / www.colarte.arts.co/Museos/JorgeEliecerGaitan/general.htm