The museum contains 615 pre-Hispanic objects of gold, ceramic, stone, wood, shell, and other materials created by the Llama, Yotoco and Sonso societies, which historically lived in the region.

[1] Archeological pieces created by a fourth society known as the Malagana can be found in the Gold Museum in Bogotá.

Admission to the one room museum is free for all visitors[2] and it is open from Tuesday to Saturday.

The museum was inaugurated on May 9, 1991 in order to conserve, investigate, and disseminate the archaeological heritage of the region, known under the generic name of Calima culture, and which refers to different human groups that inhabited the Valle del Cauca during different periods of time.

The other five museums are in Armenia, Bogotá, Cartagena, Pasto, and Santa Marta.