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Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

  • December 19, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Linda Hoernke from St. George, Utah
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

The National Museum houses an exhibition of Pre Columbian artifacts from indigenous cultures more than 12,000 years ago. There were stone spheres on display from Southwestern Costa Rica. Some of them are over 8 feet in diameter and weighing 15 tons. Some believe that they were symbolic of high rank or that they may have been used as territorial markers. They also found spheres in smaller sizes where they had been placed in lines… maybe some type of astronomical significance. The museum had a jade display and some gold pieces. We stopped for a bite to eat at a restaurant across the street from the museum. The waiter explained the holes that were on the outside walls of the National Museum. He said that the building was a fort at one time and there was a war in 1848 where the fort was being fired upon. He pointed out the many holes in the walls of the building. The people were such bad shots, they couldn’t hit the windows and that is why there are so many holes but the original windows are still in place.

From journal Costa Rican Road Trip

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Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

  • June 19, 2000
  • Rated 3 of 5 by barbara from Atlanta, Georgia
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

The entry fee to the National Museum was nominal (200 Colones), and we easily walked to it from our hotel. The exhibits were interesting to look at though many of the descriptions were not written in English. There were many historical artifacts, however, that were interesting just to see, and we liked wandering through the museum looking at the various displays. We sat outside of the museum for some time in the open air enjoying a pleasant conversation about our limited knowledge of Central American Indians and Spanish Conquistadores---admiring the good view of the city---before moving on from the museum. Tip: There was a small gift store in the building that was worth a peek if you are the type of person interested in buying small souveniers.

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