Museums of Costa Rica
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There are a wide selection of museums of Costa Rica due partly to its high education standards and its long history of peace and prosperity. Most of these museums can be found in the Central Valley (Valle Central), especially in and around the capital city of San José
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Some of these include:
San José, Costa Rica
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
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Some of these include:
- Museo de los NiñosMuseo de los NiñosThe Museo de los Niños is a children's museum, located at the Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura complex in the capital of San José, Costa Rica. It contains notable interactive displays educating children in various topics from Astronomy and the natural planet and ecology to science,...
(The Children's Museum)], San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... - Museo de Oro Pre-Colombiano (The Museum of Pre-Columbian Gold), San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo del Jade "Marco Fidel Tristán Castro"Museo del Jade Marco Fidel Tristán CastroThe Museo del Jade "Marco Fidel Tristán Castro" is an archaeological museum in San José, Costa Rica. It is located on Calle 9 and Avenue 7 in the National Institute of Insurance building. It was founded in 1977 by Fidel Tristán Castro, the first president of the INS...
, San José - Museo Nacional de Costa RicaMuseo Nacional de Costa RicaThe Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras, in the Bellavista Fortress, a crenallated, ochre colored building opposite the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica...
(The National Museum), San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... - Museo de Formas Espacios y SonidosMuseo de Formas Espacios y SonidosMuseo de Formas Espacios y Sonidos is a museum in San José, Costa Rica. Located at Calle 21/23 the museum is located in the former Atlantic railway station. It was built in 1908 and the museum opened in April of 2002. The Formas room of the museum features numerous sculptures in wood and stone...
, San José - Museo de Arte Costarricense (The Costa Rican Art Museum), San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (Museum of Contemporary Art and Design)Museum of Contemporary Art and DesignThe Museum of Contemporary Art and Design , founded in 1994, is a Costa Rican museum, specialising in contemporary Central American art and design, but also representing international work in the field...
), San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San... - Museo de Ciencias Naturales La Salle (The La Salle Natural Sciences Museum), San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo de Zoologia - Escuela de Biologia, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Criminológico (The Criminology Museum)
- Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (MIUCR) (The Museum of Insects at The University of Costa Rica), San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museos de Numismática, Jaime Solera Bennett / Numismatic Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales La Salle / Natural History Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo de Cultura Popular, HerediaHeredia, Costa RicaHeredia is a city located in the Heredia province of Costa Rica and is the capital of that province. It is currently undergoing a rapid process of industrialization and is located 10 kilometers north of the country's capital, San José....
- Museo de Culturas Indígenas Doctora María Eugenia Bozzoli, Puerto Viejo de SarapiquíPuerto Viejo de SarapiquíThis article is for the town in northeast Costa Rica. For the coastal town in southeast Costa Rica, see Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, known to locals as Puerto Viejo, is the capital of Sarapiquí Canton in Heredia Province, Costa Rica. It is located near the convergence point...
- Museo del Colegio Superior de Señoritas / Women's Education and History Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia / Historical Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Filatélico y Numismático de Costa Rica / Philatelic and Numismatic Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Homenaje Joaquín Garcia Monge / Historical Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica / Insects- Natural History, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Nacional de Costa Rica / Archaeological, Historical and Natural History, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Regional de Arte Costarricense / Regional Costa Rican Art Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Histórico Tecnológico del Grupo ICE / Historical Technology Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo del Deporte / Sports Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Museo Regional de Perez Zeledón / Archaeological and Historical Museum, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Juan Santamaría Museum, AlajuelaAlajuelaAlajuela is the second largest city in Costa Rica after the capital, San José. It is also the capital of the namesake province. Because of its location in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Alajuela is nowadays englobed in the conurbation of Great Metropolitan Area...
- Museo Zoomarino, HerediaHeredia, Costa RicaHeredia is a city located in the Heredia province of Costa Rica and is the capital of that province. It is currently undergoing a rapid process of industrialization and is located 10 kilometers north of the country's capital, San José....
- Orosi Church & Religious Museum, OrosíOrosíOrosi is a town in the Cartago Province in Costa Rica, about 35 kilometers south of the capital San José. Orosi is situated on the Reventazón River in the Orosi Valley. The cultivation of coffee is the leading industry in the area. Orosi has a population of approximately 4,600 and has the oldest...
- Insect Museum, Poás Volcano National ParkPoás Volcano National ParkPoás Volcano National Park, in Spanish , is a National Park that covers an area of approximately ; the summit is . One of the attractive features about Poás is that you can get all the way to the edge of the crater...
/ Parque Nacional Volcán Poás - San Ramón Museum / Museo de San Ramón, San RamónSan RamónSan Ramón may refer to:*San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina*San Ramón, Bolivia*San Ramón, Costa Rica*San Ramón Canton, Alajuela, Costa Rica*San Ramón, Chile*San Ramón, Cuscatlán, El Salvador*San Ramón, Choluteca, Honduras....
- Museo de Cultura PopularMuseo de Cultura PopularMuseo de Cultura Popular is a museum in the village of Santa Lucia de Barva, just south of Barva, Costa Rica. It is located in the former home of ex-president Alfredo Gonzalez Flores....
, BarvaBarvaBarva is a small city and canton in Costa Rica, located 3 km north of Heredia. It was named in honor of Barvak, an indigenous chief who ruled the area before the arrival of the Spanish. It is divided into six political districts: Barva, Santa Lucía, San José de la Montaña, San Pedro, San... - Jewels of the Humid Tropics Museum / Museo Joyas del Trópico Húmedo, Santo Domingo de Heredia
- El Mundo de la Tortuga, Las Tortugas, Playa GrandePlaya GrandePlaya Grande is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ixcán in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.Native Mayan languages spoken in the area include, among many others, Uspantek and Q'eqchi', although Spanish is also common....
- Karen Mogensen Fischer Museum, MontezumaMontezuma, Costa RicaMontezuma is a town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica which began as a remote fishing village and has gained popularity since the 1980s among tourists on a budget....
- Museo para la Paz, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
- Hidden Garden Art Gallery, LiberiaLiberiaLiberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...