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Museo Nacional, San José, Costa Rica

  • Address Calle 17, Avenidas Central y Segunda
    Costado Este Plaza de la Democracia
    San Jose
    Costa Rica
  • Phone number+506 2257 1433
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Here you can come and learn about Costa Rica's past, from pre-Colonial days up to the recent past. Exhibitions of geology are also on show. As usual in Central America, the pre-Columbian artifacts steal the show, with their marvellous carvings and masterful depictions of indigenous mythology and religion. The actual building in which the museum is housed is quite interesting in itself - it is a former military building, and retains a feel of barracks.

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“Museo Nacional in Costa Rica”

 by  satorigal  on  2008-02-18

The National Museum (a fort-like edifice) dons bullet holes over its exterior surface, reminders of Costa Ricas Civil War. It was the last war foug

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