National Museum of Costa Rica
The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica in the capital San José provides information about the geology, archeology, pre-Columbian, religious, colonial and modern history of Costa Rica .
Among other things, pre-Columbian stone tablets and ceramics are exhibited, as well as gold objects in the Sala de Oro and some of the stone balls from Costa Rica in the courtyard .
The building is diagonally across from the Asamblea Legislativa , southwest of it. It was built for military use in 1917; the outer walls still show bullet holes from the 1948 civil war.
The museum borders on Avenida 2 - the local name of the Panamericana - to the south and Calle 17 (postal address) to the east . Furthermore, west to the Plaza de la Democracia and north to Avenida Central .
The museum also has an exhibition by Nobel Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias Sánchez from 1987 and a butterfly garden located outside of the "Plaza de la Democracia".
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Baker, CP: Costa Rica . Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness Travel Guides , 2005, p. 70.
Web links
- The museum website (English)
Coordinates: 9 ° 55 '57.8 " N , 84 ° 4' 17.2" W.