Castle Museum

The Museum with the largest collection of decorative arts in Medellín,

also cultural heritage and significant tourist attraction for lovers of
culture, art and tradition. It’s gardens and rooms evoke a time
dedicated to the cult of the arts; features works by Colombian masters
and European artists, valuable furniture from the late XIX and early XX
centuries, Baccarat glassware, tableware and porcelain from European
manufactures, and numerous works by Colombian masters in
ceramics, painting, sculpture, among other disciplines.
History
Inspired by the medieval castles of the Loira Valle in France, The
Castle was the country house of José Tobón Uribe, doctor and founder
of the Pasteur pharmacy, who commissioned its construction in 1930
to the first architectural office of Medellín, H. M. Rodríguez.
In 1942, after the sudden death of José Tobón Uribe, the Castle was
acquired by Mister Diego Echavarría Misas and his wife Benedikta Zur
Nieden, who expanded the construction and decorated its spaces with
valuable works of art, many acquired in his numerous trips, which
constitute a collection of plastic and decorative arts, which are cultural
heritage for Medellín and bring visitors closer to the splendor and
beauty of the art and culture of the world.
The Castle Museum is committed to contemporaneity and the avant-
garde by promoting the arts together with popular traditions, through
the rescue of trades in order to provide the community with a tourist
reference with a varied program and a wide offer for training artistic,
which is in charge of the School of Arts of the Museum.
The permanent exhibition is divided into nine rooms:
-Louis XV room
-Music room
-Colonial room
-Entrance hall
-Gallery of the Gobelins
-Mister Diego's room
-Isolde's room
-Miss Rita’s room
-Room of Memories.
Also, artistic creations of masters of plastic and decorative arts are
exhibited, which are exhibited in the Art Room, dedicated to temporary
exhibitions. It also has a concert hall and an artistic training center
where different cultural activities are carried out.
We can also perform:
Guided Tours: In which we will know the interior of the Castle
Museum is to travel back in time, visit different civilizations, get closer
to the history of the decorative arts and understand their influence on
our environment.
Workshops and courses: That promote art and culture from a
comprehensive artistic training aimed at children, youth and adults.
Campreste Plan: Ideal to share with family and friends delicious
gastronomic options in the middle of gardens set according to the
occasion or celebration of the visitors.