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Portal de Muesos de la Universidad Nacional, corner of Calle 7 and Carrera 8,
FREE. This university museum is worth a quick peek. The museum has rotating
exhibits with different themes. Mon. - Sat. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Sun./Holidays
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Casa de Narino, The presidential palace is the where the president works and
sometimes lives. It's a heavily guarded area and this is not a place where one
should play around. There are presidential guards who will let you take pictures
of them with you at the front gate.
Iglesia Santa Clara, Carrera 8 No. 8-91, FREE. Iglesia Santa Clara is a beautiful
and wonderfully preserved church. Iglesia Santa Clara is a small church that can
be visited in five minutes, but this visit may be one of the more visually
appealing museum experiences of your lifetime. Mon. - Fri. 9:00 - 5:00, Sun.
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Museo Historico de la Policia, Calle 9, No. 9-27, FREE. The police museum is
one of the better museums to visit in Bogotá. Visitors are politely received and
assigned a young English speaking guide, who is also a police recruit. These
young police officers are serving their mandatory nine - month service. The
museum is beautifully decorated and has numerous viewing rooms. There is a
Pablo Escobar exhibit which includes his old weapons and pictures of his demise.
There is also a very interesting room that houses uniforms from police
departments from all over the world. There are also many displays of weapons
and exhibits on the different tasks of the Colombian police. The police museum
should be a mandatory visit for both foreigners and Colombian tourists. The
museum is open seven days a week from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
CENTRO INTERNACIONAL - ATTRACTIONS/MUSEUMS
Museo Nacional, Carrera 7 No. 28-66, FREE. The Museo Nacional is a required
visit in Bogotá. It is a three-floor masterpiece of a building, which was a former