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What to do and see in Province of San Jose, Costa Rica: The Best Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Province of San Jose, Costa Rica including Hiller Aviation Museum, Topolandia, W22 Galeria, National Museum Of Costa Rica, Museo de Arte Costarricense, Centro Costarricense de Ciencias y Cultura, Jade Museum, Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, Museo de los Ninos, Galeria Namu.
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1. Hiller Aviation Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
A privately financed educational organization dedicated to restoring and preserving such artifacts of aviation as the B-29 Superfortress Bomber.
2. Topolandia
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5.0 based on 11 reviews
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.
3. W22 Galeria
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
W22 GALERiA dedication to remain in the primary market, solely promoting emerging and mid-career artists, has allowed for intensive focus, being inquisitive and insightfully extend far and beyond, which has contributed to a significant advancement in the GALERiA artists’ careers, typically with selected solo and group exhibitions through out the world,Representing: Edgar Zuniga,Zigi Ben Haim
4. National Museum Of Costa Rica
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By MrsHill - Atlanta, United States
This was a great tour of the history of Costa Rica... the museum takes you through a time tunnel... Beautifully done.. you don’t really need a guide as I think you need time to read everything... we went on our own and paid $33 each and we can visit anytime during our trip. $33 was for 3 museums - 1)jade museum, 2) national museum 3)Pre-Colombian gold museum. The national museum took us all day because there is so much.
5. Museo de Arte Costarricense
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 357 reviews
This museum displays works by local artists.
Reviewed By CathyPar
Although this is only small, the building itself is beautiful ( formerly the San José airport) and contains some excellent examples of Costa Rican art including several impressive sculptures in the outside exhibition area.
6. Centro Costarricense de Ciencias y Cultura
7. Jade Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,301 reviews
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.
Reviewed By jbourgeo - Seattle, United States
This museum, also reviewed by Trip Advisor visitors under its name, Museo de Jade (ha-day), has an overwhelming collection of jade and pottery (and a few gold works) recovered from parts of Costa Rica. At first I was a bit frustrated by the volume of materials without much information, until I learned that there were supposed to be (and are) computer screens/kiosks which will tell you more; many of them were not working, but many were (I learned). In any case, soon I was immersed in the experience, as there are many informative displays, including dioramas. The "day" and "night" exhibits, and the "memories" exhibit, are stunning. I spent more time than most people (based on being "passed" many times), I was enthralled. Do allow at least a couple hours. There are quite a few activities for young people, I think it's a good family museum, overall. Spanish is of course the dominant language, but there are many signs and subtitles in English. In sum, this museum helped me realize just how complex and complete pre-Columbian Costa Rican culture was. Fascinating art and artisanry, you will make an authentic connection with these peoples.
8. Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,405 reviews
A large collection of indigenous gold art.
Reviewed By F912ZCjosem
It's an excellent option while in San Jose. In particular, during rainy days. This attraction is very affordable and will entertain you and your family for 3-5 hours. I've spent 5 hours in there, but you can make this attraction as long or as short as you want. However, it's a very interesting collection.
9. Museo de los Ninos
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4.5 based on 437 reviews
Reviewed By kingmodiddy - San Diego, United States
This museum blew us away it was unexpected we had some extra time in San Jose with my four-year-old son they had 2 zip lines going across the upper part of the museum as well as two suspended walkways very safe they put on harnesses attach the lines as well as helmets staff on either end of the obstacles. There was a cars movie themed area with all of the cars from the movie and lots of different rooms that showed the historical prison cells it used to be. Highly recommend
10. Galeria Namu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 206 reviews
Galeria Namu is a fair trade art gallery for local and indigenous artists from Costa Rica and surrounding Central America countries. Established in 1998 at this same location, visitors to Costa Rica's capital city of San Jose can find us easily behind the Holiday Inn (across from Parque Morazan).Knowledge and passion for the artists and their work is what makes a visit to Galeria Namu special; the owner, Aisling, and her son Conall, along with their support staff love to share with visitors the background of the tribe or individual artisans and the remarkable collection of unique and very special pieces available for purchase. For the past 15 years, Galeria Namu has nurtured a relationship with the artists who create folk art, gold and jade replicas, handwoven baskets, originals paintings, tagua carvings and jewelry and much more. Visit the website for hours and a sampling of what you will encounter. Be prepared to catch their enthusiasm for fair trade with these local arts and crafts.
Reviewed By HellenM671 - Arlington, United States
The store provides a wide range of artistic and unique goods from all over Costa Rica and is clearly a place to go if you are interested in authentic pieces which are locally made and support local artists, It is therefore also not necessarily on the cheap side but you can find things in every price range, I really liked that we were given background information on the items we bought and the artists and communities which produced them. It is clearly worse a visit and highly recommended.
