Museums of Costa Rica

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Museum of Costa Rica

Following is a list of the most important museums in Costa Rica.

San Jose

Costa Rica National Museum:

Located in San Jose on 17th Street, between Centroamerica and Segunda Avenues. Situated in the old Barrio Bellavista, it offers a magnificent panoramic vista of the capital. In its wards one can find authentic treasures of natural history, pre-Colombian art and Costa Rican history.

Jade Museum (Jade Museum Lic. Fidel Tristan):

Located on the 11th floor of the National Institute of Securities on 7th Avenue between 7th and 9th streets.

It is the only museum on the continent dedicated to showing the pre-Colombian art engraved in jade.

Museum of Costa Rican Art:

Situated at the extreme east of the La Sabana Metropolitano Park on 42nd Street and Paseo Colon. The Museum building originally belonged to the Costa Rica airport. Aside from the permanent exposition of great works of Costa Rican visual art, the museum exhibits paintings and sculptures from the most famous national and international contemporary artists.

Costa Rica National Bank Museum:

Located on 5th Street between Central and Segunda Avenues, at the Plaza de la Cultura and next to the Teatro Nacional. One finds, in this museum, the largest collection of Pre-Colombian gold pieces, as well as numismatic. Within the modern installations there are also expositions of visual arts that include:

The Museum of Pre-Colombian Gold: has an extraordinary collection of gold objects that reflect the worldvision, social structure and tools utilized by the Pre-Colombian towns of the current Costa Rica. The exposition shows the usage and function of stone technology and the relation between nature and the daily lives of these towns. The collection consists of 1,600 Pre-Colombian gold pieces that date between 500 BC to 1500 AD.

It has 2 levels: the introductory space, which represents the socio-cultural evolution of Pre-Colombian cultures, is on the second floor. There is also the development of metallurgy in Costa Rica, its stages and styles.

The gold pieces exposition (3rd floor) is where one can appreciate the different usages and meanings of the gold objects. Visitors may see a video that introduces the exposition

The Numismatic Museum: shows the evolution from 1502 to present day. The tour begins with an explanation of money and its usages and continues with the history of the country’s currency (like Trueque, currency of colonial dominance). Furthermore, it offers an interactive ward to promote the collection of art, bills and coins through a video “Passion for Paper and Money”.

The collection consists of close to 5,000 objects, among them: coins, bills, coffee bags, seals, documents and photographs

Museum of Costa Rica