The idea to preserve and to show to the relics and historical reports of a culture, is some of the tasks of the museums in the world.
Perhaps the activity of more social projection is the educative and formativo paper of the museum, of there the importance at world-wide level of this type of institution. That more than an exhibition display cabinet it must be part of the didactic process of the citizen formation.
Costa Rica has a great collection of relics like test of the cultural wealth of our town and that are as well the base for the process of development of our country, as much in the archaeological investigation as in the artistic and technological creation; as well as the preservation and restoration of our Natural Patrimony.
The National Museum founded on 1887, occupies a national monument as it is it the Bellavista Quarter. In one is a great arqueoliógica collection and an endless number of legacies of our ancestors.
| Schedule | Tuesday to Saturday of 8,30 a.m. - 16,30 p.m., Domingo of 9 a.m. - 16,30 p.m. |
| Location | Street 17, Reconciled Central and Second |
| Telephone | (506) 257-14339/Fax: (506) 233-7427 |
| Area | Rescue and protection of the archaeological, historical and natural patrimony. |
| Web site | www.museocostarica.go.cr |
Collections
- Archaeological: The Museum counts on a collection of 45,000 pre-Columbian objects of stone, ceramics, gold, jade and others.
- Artistic: Paintings and sculptures, Sacred Art
- Historical: old documents, stamps, textiles, arms, Numismatist, furniture
- Natural: The Herbario Nacional consists of 190,000 units
- Insects, 60,000 units
- Birds of Costa Rica, 10,000 units
- Mastozoología
- Rocks, fossils, moluscos and vertebrates.
The Museum of Costa Rican Art gathers a select collection of paintings and sculptures of national artists from the time of 1950. In addition it has the “Room of Gold”. It occupies the old building of the Airport of the Savannah, architectonic work of colonial cut.
| Schedule | Monday to Saturday of 8: a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Location | Park the Savannah |
| Telephone | (506) 222-7155 |
| Web site | www.musarco.go.cr |
Museum of the Coffee. Located to the north of the Church of Beard of Heredia. The tradition of the industry of the coffee in a house protects from 1977 of marinates of 150 years.
Museum of Gold. Located underneath the Seat of the Culture. It contains one of the most beautiful collections of indigenous devices done of gold. More than 2,000 gold objects they are exhibited in this space. The valuable artistic and archaeological treasure shows the great formal and symbolic wealth that the Costa Rican natives created.
| Schedule | Monday to Saturday of 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Location | Under the Seat of the Culture, San jOse |
| Telephone | (506) 243-4202/Fax: (506) 243-4220 |
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| Web site | www.museosdelbancocentral.org |
Numismatic museum. One is next to the Museum of Gold and contains a collection of tickets and old currencies worldwide.
| Schedule | Monday through Friday of 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays of 09:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
| Location | Ground floor of the Central offices of the National Institute of Insurances (Reconciled 7, street 9 and 11). |
| Telephone | 506) 287-6034 or 223-5800 Ext. 2584. /Fax: (506) 255-3456 |
| Web site | http://portal.ins-cr.com/Social/MuseoJade/ |
Museum Juan Santamaría. This museum protects and shows a collection of devices, documents and works of art related to develop it heroic of our National Hero, Juan Santamaría (1856). One is in the city of Alajuela.
Museum of the Children. Occupying the old building of Penitentiary “the Peni” as it were used to him to call, it mainly contains the new concept of “Interactive Museum” dedicated to the interest of the children. It gathers a modern collection of technological advances and educative aspects of sciences and the investigation. It is a place where the children and adults can learn playing. It is first in his class in Central America and counts on 32 interactive exhibitions. They develop educative-cultural, recreational, artistic and scientific activities permanently.| Schedule | Tuesday to Saturday of 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Location | Old Penitentiary, San jOse |
| Telephone | (506) 258-4929/Fax: (506) 223-0600 |
| Web site | www.museocr.com |
Museum of Natural Sciences. Located in the old School the Salle. It maintains a dissected animal collection in retcreados scenes of natural atmospheres; in addition to arqueoliógicas pieces and mineralogy.
Museum of Insects. One is in the cellar of the School of Musical Arts of the University of Costa Rica. It approximately contains an immense and specially interesting collection of a million insects of Costa Rica and rest of the world.
| Schedule | Monday through Friday of 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Location | In the cellar of the Building of Music, in the University Campus Rodrigo Facio in San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San jOse |
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| Web site | http://www.miucr.ucr.ac.cr |
Museum of Criminology. One is located in the building of the Supreme Court of Justice in San jOse. It was founded on 1981 and it shows the form to prevent the crime by means of exhibition with criminal cases of the past.
Museum of Contemporary Art. Educative services related to the contemporary art and the design. Videoteca with more than 150 videos on the contemporary art and the design. Visits guided through didactic exhibition, factories, seminaries and conferences are offered in the course of the year.| Schedule | Monday - Saturday: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| Location | Street 15-17, Reconciled 3 building of the MADC |
| Telephone | (506) 257-7202, 257-9370/Fax (506) 257-8702 |
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| Web site | http://www.madc.ac.cr |
