10 Museums in Costa Rica That You Shouldn't Miss

A haven for the arts since 2010, the Hidden Garden Art Gallery offers quality original art in many mediums. HG is the largest of its kind in Guanacaste, more than 60 artists on exhibit, and 15 rooms full of paintings, sculptures and diverse artistic expressions. The gallery has 3,500 square feet of wall space, and more than 400 pieces on display. Rooms are coordinated by styles, ranging from geometric abstraction, to typical art, to underwater images. The Gallery is also home to the permanent exhibits of our resident artist Carlos Hiller underwater scenes, Susan Adams, Rebeca Alvarado Soto and many more. Our location, designed with a marvelous architecture, is the perfect setting for our cultural center. Our mission is to strengthen and heighten local artists' works and share the beauty and culture of Costa Rica.

A 15 minute walk up from the Monteverde Cheese Factory, through a beautiful woodlands, takes you to the gallery of watercolor artist Sarah Dowell. Visiting her unique home, you'll see paintings which often depict local wildlife and jungle scenes. Colorful signs with arrows show the way. It is also possible to drive most of the access road.

Casa subterránea, escabada manualmente con pala y sacho, tiene habitaciones con camas de piedra del mismo material, sala grande de 6 metros de altura con mesa y asientos de piedra del mismo material y que caben 25 personas sentadas, nacientes de aguas cristalinas que salen de la profundidad, sus paredes son naturales y están decoradas con esculturas, relieve del mismo material. Es una pequeña montaña rocosa, que a través de miles de años se ensuavisó y quedó piedra fantasma, en donde usted puede apreciar una gama de colores y tamaños diferentes de piedras suave, arcillosa, limosa, arenosa, chiclosa, comprimida y sostenible. Actualmente tiene 12 puertas y varias ventanas, sus pasadisos son aptos para pasar en silla de ruedas, tiene pasamanos, hay gradas. Son laverintos donde encontrará una atracción. La temperatura es fresca, no fría Es iluminado con electricidad o panel solar. Es como una mansión bajo tierra, podemos camina con todo tipo de calzado,bajar con cuidado las gradas.

I live in a National Park where everybody make an effort to protect the environment. Everyday I can see turtles, monkeys, whales and all kind of animals. I live naked most of time and that's how I paint too. At sunset time I go to the beach where I play, swim and surf. Being surrounded by nature I can feel a total isolation from the rest of the world and see nothing but a pristine tropical forest from my house. I also have the chance to travel all over the World with my parents. Nosara is a mixte of all kind of people, just in my Montessori school we have 20 different nationalities. I am fluent in three languages and we practice art and yoga on a regular basis. Some of the villagers (and my nanny Yerlin) have a strong resemblance to the indigenous, they were never slave and you can sense and enjoy that in the present. We never had war and we don't have an army so we are peaceful people. My imagination is build on all those images, sensations and concepts. My experience in Nosara is the key of my work and my sense of the World.

Costa Rica'n Art Craft is a craft market offering an incredible variety of hand-made Costa Rican art and crafts. Huge selection. Great prices. One of the best local art and craft markets in the Liberia area.

The Chorotega Arts & Crafts museum is located near the Monte Verde District. The history of the Chorotega Tribe is shared with visitors from around the world on a daily basis. The Chorotega Tribe has used ancient environmentally friendly techniques to create outstanding master pieces for over 4,000 years. These unique and beautiful creations are made on location right at this museum for everyone to see and learn about the Chorotegas. Visitors may join a hands on activity in the heart of the San Rafael community, Guanacaste. Learn, watch and create your own master piece using Chorotega style techniques with Marcelo Oliveira, the expert behind this small museum. Time travel is possible when you visit the Chorotega Arts & Craft exhibit and experience art inspired by nature in a very "old" fashion way.

In the middle of a charming town you can find our small Art Gallery, here artists from all over the world who recite in Tamarindo, such as Americans, English, Costa rican, Venezuela, Colombian, are exhibited. It is also the perfect gift shop to find a souvenir different from everything seen in the town. Come and enjoy our gallery and be surprised as many have already done

BRI'AH - Art Gallery for modern art. The gallery Hosting paint& wine workshops for adults and kids +12. The workshops take place at the gallery space and includes up to 7 participants. Hosted by Revach Maayan, professional artist in fine arts.

This museum displays works by local artists.

The Jade Museum and of precolumbian culture is positioned as an innovative state-of-the-art cultural proposal in the protection and conservation of archaeological heritage in Central America. Located in the center of Costa Rics's capital, the building was especially constructed to house the museum's collection, its architecture evoking a cut jade block. Its five levels exhibit objects crafted by artisans specialized in solving their daily subsistence needs, their spiritual and political world.