Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras. It moved to its current location in 1950. The museum holds the nation's treasures such as the memorial of Glory and is home to many historical documents of the nation's upbringing, significant events, and tragedies of the nation's past. Built in 1917, the Museum was originally used for quarters for soldiers and held barracks, and was used in the Costa Rica Civil War in 1948.^[2][1]

National Museum of Costa Rica

Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
Established	1887 (at the Universidad de Santo Tomas); 1950 (current location)[1]
Location	Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue San José, Costa Rica
Coordinates	9°55′58″N 84°04′17″W
Type	National museum
Director	Cristhian Kandler
Website	www.museocostarica.go.cr

Repatriation of artifacts

The museum has received hundreds of objects in recent years from the U.S. as part of efforts to repatriate artifacts that were removed earlier from Costa Rica.^[3][4]

Gallery

Ceramic objects, Pre-Columbian History

Diquis stone spheres, Pre-Columbian History

Gold eagle-shaped pendant, Gold Room

Colonial Room, History of Costa Rica

An archaeological piece.

Permanent exhibitions

See also

• List of museums in Costa Rica
• Museo del Jade Marco Fidel Tristán Castro
• Museo del Oro Precolombino