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- Sala Permanent Exhibition: “Caribe, Naturaleza y Cultura”. This is what most people come for. Rooms are organized around the Caribbean region’s ecosystems, from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the Magdalena River, with sound, video and objects rather than glass cases and long labels.
- The Ecosystems and Territory room. It explains how mountains, coast, swamps and river shape life along the Colombian Caribbean. Good for making sense of the landscapes you will later cross by bus.
- The Gabriel García Márquez gallery. The Nobel laureate spent formative years in this region, and the exhibit ties his novels and journalism to the places and people they came from. Pick this if you have read even one chapter of anything he wrote.
- The music and Carnival rooms. Cumbia, vallenato and the masks and costumes
- Sala Permanent Exhibition: “Caribe, Naturaleza y Cultura”. This is what most people come for. Rooms are organized around the Caribbean region’s ecosystems, from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the Magdalena River, with sound, video and objects rather than glass cases and long labels.
- The Ecosystems and Territory room. It explains how mountains, coast, swamps and river shape life along the Colombian Caribbean. Good for making sense of the landscapes you will later cross by bus.
- The Gabriel García Márquez gallery. The Nobel laureate spent formative years in this region, and the exhibit ties his novels and journalism to the places and people they came from. Pick this if you have read even one chapter of anything he wrote.
- The music and Carnival rooms. Cumbia, vallenato and the masks and costumes of Barranquilla’s Carnival get proper space. Listening stations let you hear the rhythms before you hunt for them in a bar.
- Indigenous worlds of the Caribbean. Displays on the Wayuu, Arhuaco, Kogui and Wiwa peoples cover their cosmology, weaving and relationship with the land. It is a useful primer before you meet them on the road, and much more careful than a souvenir stall.
- Caribbean Cultures and Memory spaces. Afro-Caribbean heritage, migration and the region’s history of conflict are covered in plain terms. Expect sober moments between the festive ones.
- The park grounds. The Parque Cultural del Caribe around the museum has open-air spaces and shaded corners. A short pause here costs nothing extra and breaks up the indoor rooms.
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Hi, I’m Johan (Netherlands 🇳🇱), the creator of TakeYourBackpack. Over the past 3 decades, I’ve backpacked through 90+ countries across six continents, gaining extensive experience with independent travel, long-term trips, and overland routes.