The samples are part of the permanent collection of the Bogotá Planetarium where they are displayed to the general public along with the flags of Colombia which were transported aboard the Apollo missions and other related documents and photographs.

At the request of then United States President Richard Nixon, NASA had about 250 presentation plaques made following Apollo 11 in 1969.

[3] In 1973, then United States President Richard Nixon had the plaques sent to 135 countries, including Colombia, as a goodwill gesture.

Misael Pastrana Borrero, as President of Colombia between 1970 and 1974, received from Neil Armstrong[a] both lunar sample displays which he kept on his desk at the Casa de Nariño.

[4] Allegedly believing that the displays were a personal diplomatic gift, Pastrana kept the Moon rocks after the end of his presidential term as interior decoration in the living room of his private residence in Bogotá.