Costa Rica Gold Museum
Costa Rica Gold Museum
You will find this impressive museum beneath the well know Plaza de la Cultura ( Cultural Square), right in the middle of San José.
It houses an incredible collection of pre-Columbian gold that includes jewelry, body ornaments, animal symbolisms, elements used in rituals, tools and everyday objects. The exhibits are very educational and clear. For example, you will learn how indigenous people worked the gold using wax and melting methods. This museum offers a historical tourist attraction which shows past and present, whit some traditions that still exist today. Aside from gold, you will also come upon ceramic and stone pieces.
It’s open Tuesday thru Sunday from 10:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
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