ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses some of the conversations that have taken place in the National Museum of Colombia as it has considered the implications of multiculturalism and recognition of the specific rights of ethnic groups for the museum's future reimagining. A visitor from Medellin, Colombia's second most populous city, who described himself as 'half-indigenous', said that visitors should experience Colombia's rich cultural diversity. Recognition of the rights of different ethnic groups poses other problems for national museums, not least, the problem of reconciling the tension between unity and difference enshrined in the Constitution. It embraces two principles: the first is constituted by the cultural rights granted to minority groups and the recognition of the multicultural character of the nation; the second is constituted by the values of unity, sovereignty and universal human dignity. However, the chapter aims to reveal how it acted as a catalyst to discuss the future of the museum.
