Museo del Siglo XIX, Bogota

The XIX Century Museum is located in the historic neighbourhood of La Candelaria. It was founded in 1980 and has a collection of over 2500 pieces including sculptures, drawings, paintings and engravings from the 19th century, as well as other historic objects and decorative arts that allow visitors to get an idea of the popular lifestyle at the time. There are several rooms that house permanent exhibitions, such as the Chamber of Fashion, where you can admire female costumes of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Postal Card Room, the Botica de los Pobres, which reproduces an old pharmacy, the Hall of Portraits, the Red and the Green Rooms and the Room of Miniatures, with pieces of ivory, wood and metal. There is also the French and Art Nouveau Glass Room, where you can see a nice collection of art nouveau vases, as well as the Room of Landscapes, with significant time period city landscapes among them. The most entertaining is the Caricature Hall, with works of Ricardo Rendon.