List of museums in Costa Rica

This is a list of museums in Costa Rica.

Most of the wide selection of museums in Costa Rica are in the Central Valley, especially in the capital city of San José.

List of museums

San José

• Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura
  • Museo de los Niños (The Children's Museum)
• Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (Museum of Contemporary Art and Design)
• Museo de Formas Espacios y Sonidos (Shapes, Spaces, and Sounds Museum)
• Museo de Oro Precolombiano (The Museum of Pre-Columbian Gold)
• Museo del Jade (Museum of Jade)
• Museo Filatélico y Numismático de Costa Rica (Philatelic and Numismatic Museum)
• Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (The National Museum)
• Museo d'arte contemporanea italiana in America [it] (Museum of Italian Contemporary Art in America)
• Museo de arte Costarricense [es] (Costa Rican Art Museum)
• Museo de Criminología (Criminology Museum)
• Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (MIUCR) (Museum of Insects at The University of Costa Rica)[1]
• Museo de Numismática (Costa Rica) [es] (Numismatic Museum)
• Museo de Zoología - Escuela de Biología (Zoology Museum), University of Costa Rica
• Museo del Colegio Superior de Señoritas (Women's Education and History Museum), Colegio Superior de Señoritas [es]
• Museo Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (Historical Museum)[2]
• Museo Joaquín García Monge (Historical Museum)[3]
• Museo Histórico Tecnológico Grupo ICE (Historical Technology Museum)
• Museo La Salle [es] (La Salle Natural Sciences Museum)
• Museo para la Paz

Alajuela Province

• Museo Histórico Cultural Juan Santamaría [es], Alajuela
• Museo Regional de San Ramón, San Ramón[4]

Cartago Province

• Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, Cartago
• Museo de Arte Religioso de San José de Orosi, at the Iglesia de Orosi [es] (Orosí Church & Religious Museum), Orosi

Guanacaste Province

• Museo de Sabanero, Liberia
• Museo de Guanacaste, Liberia

Heredia Province

• Museo de Cultura Popular (Popular Culture, or Folklore, Museum), Barva
• Museo de Culturas Indígenas Dra. María Eugenia Bozzoli, named in honor of Maria Eugenia Bozzoli, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí

See also

• List of museums
• Culture of Costa Rica
• Tourism in Costa Rica

References

1. "Museo de Insectos" (in Spanish). University of Costa Rica. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
2. "Museo Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
3. "Museo Joaquín García Monge" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
4. "Museo Regional de San Ramón" (in Spanish). University of Costa Rica.