BOGOTÁ — In 2011, the Colombian government ordered the creation of a national museum “to achieve the strengthening of the collective memory” around the decades-long armed conflict. That same year, it passed the Victims and Land Restitution Law aimed at providing victims with reparations and justice. More than just a curated collection of objects or artworks, the museum, scheduled to be inaugurated in 2018, was conceived as an archive of the violent civil war that has ravaged Colombia for the past several decades through personal testimonies and artwork. By 2024, however, only around 70% of the construction was complete, and the empty building was covered in puddles, cracked floors, and walls, and lacked handrails on the stairs.…