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Casa Museo Pedro Nel Gómez
The Casa Museo Pedro Nel Gómez is dedicated to another beloved son of Medellín, Pedro Nel Gómez (1899-1984), and set in the house where the artist lived and worked. The museum has an extensive collection (nearly 2000 pieces) of his watercolors, oil paintings, drawings, sculptures and murals. Pedro Nel Gómez is said to have been Colombia's most prolific artist. The museum is 3km north of the city center. The Aranjuez bus from the center will drop you off at the museum's door.
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Museo de Antioquia
Housed in the grand art deco Palacio Municipal, the Museo de Antioquia is Colombia's second-oldest museum and one of its finest. The collection includes pre-Columbian, colonial, independence and modern art collections, but the real prize is a recent donation by native son Fernando Botero. The wildly prolific artist has donated 92 of his own works as well as 22 works by some of the world's leading modernist and contemporary artists, from Picasso to Jeff Koontz.
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Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín
Located in what looks like an unassuming apartment building in a leafy suburb west of the city center, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín stages changing exhibitions of contemporary art. To get there from the city center take any bus going west along Av Colombia from Parque Berrío, or walk for 15 minutes.
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Museo El Castillo
Occupying a mock-Gothic castle built in 1930 in El Poblado, the Museo El Castillo was once home to a wealthy Antioquian landowner. Inside are the family's belongings, including furniture and artwork from around the world. Outside, there are pleasant, French-style formal gardens. All visits are guided and take about half an hour. There may be recitals on some days in the castle's auditorium.
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Museo Universitario
On the Universidad de Antioquia campus itself, check out the Museo Universitario. It has an interesting collection of pre-Columbian pottery, as well as galleries devoted to art and the natural sciences. Out front is the Monumento al Creador de la Energía, a trippy, grandiose sculpture by Rodrigo Arenas Betancur.
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Social Realist-inspired Murals
Thanks to a local law that requires major new buildings to include public art, central Medellín can seem like a vast, outdoor art gallery. For a different take on Medellín's history, check out the Social Realist-inspired murals by Pedro Nel Gómez displayed in two long showcases on the corner of Carrera 51 and Calle 51, just off Parque Berrío.
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