The present paper analyses the reform of the National Museum of Colombia between 1880 and 1886. It argues that during this period, the museum developed a visual project that joined the nation-building process by providing an imagery that mirrored the representations that intellectuals and politicians were using to describe the country. Moreover, it demonstrates that the National Museum of Colombia shifted during these years from an entity focussed on natural sciences and scientific progress to more of a cultural institution. Thus, the paper argues that this reorientation was part of the government’s Regeneration policy that shaped the state’s cultural representation of the nation. However, while it claimed to integrate the conflicting political elites, it reaffirmed discriminatory visions regarding women, black people, indigenous groups, and popular classes.

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复兴博物馆：哥伦比亚国家博物馆的民族、种族和视觉文化，1880-1886 年

本文分析了 1880 年至 1886 年间哥伦比亚国家博物馆的改革。它认为，在此期间，博物馆开发了一个视觉项目，通过提供反映知识分子和政治家的形象的图像，加入了国家建设过程。用来形容国家。此外，它表明哥伦比亚国家博物馆在这些年里从一个专注于自然科学和科学进步的实体转变为更多的文化机构。因此，本文认为这种重新定位是政府重生政策的一部分，该政策塑造了国家的民族文化表征。然而，虽然它声称要整合相互冲突的政治精英，但它重申了对妇女、黑人、土著群体、