Boca Museum of Art
501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432
In Mizner Park
T: 561.392.2500 F: 561.391.6410
Email: info@bocamuseum.org
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Hours:
Tuesday - Friday
Saturday & Sunday
First Wed. of each month
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10AM - 5PM
NOON - 5PM
10AM - 8PM
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Admission:
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Seniors(65 +)
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CLOSED Mondays and holidays
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Jean and David Colker CollectionPre-Columbian Art
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One of the Museum's collection strengths is the stellar assemblage of more than
180 Pre-Columbian works from the collection of Jean and David
Colker of south Florida. Formerly known as the ACNA Foundation Collection, and
exhibited nationally as part of the National Association of Private Art
Foundations Collections, the Colker collection is dated from as early as the pre-Classic
period, 2000 -250 B.C.E. to the Classic period, 200 to 900 C.E, and the post-Classic
period, from 900 to 1500 C.E. The collection's scope includes polychrome ceremonial pottery vessels, finely modeled clay tomb figures, animal and human effigies, and utilitarian and
ritual objects representing cultural and artistic production throughout Mesoamerica (the Mexican, Maya and Central American peoples) and more specifically: west Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Yucatán Peninsula and Honduras. The collection is distinguished by seven very rare and spectacular
large terra cotta deity tomb figures and Maya funerary incensario urns of exceptional quality.
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Joined pair of figures, Zacatecas style, from Jalisco, West Mexico, 100 -300
B.C.E., earthenware, 18 x 11 1/2 x 16 inches. Permanent Collection 2000.113. Gift of Jean and David Colker. |
| The collection's installation is designed to reflect the Colkers' wishes that the living art of these pre-Colombian cultures be as accessible to the public as possible. These works form a cohesive
educational narrative embracing the rich and complex history of American
Indian art from the Americas between 1500 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E. The works are dramatically displayed within minimal state-of-the-art Glasbau Hahn Vitrines custom-made in Germany for the highest standard of viewing, conservation and preservation.
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| The Museum's ethnographic galleries feature orientation didactics that introduce basic themes of Pre-Columbian art. Maps help visitors locate works of art within vast geographic and cultural frameworks. Informational labels accompany the objects, and gallery highlight guide sheets allow visitors to gain greater insight into key objects. Additional educational materials are being developed and will be available within the ethnographic galleries to offer further information on how objects were made and used in Pre-Columbian life. |
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