Museo del Jade Museum, Costa Rica
Come and visit one of the world’s most impressing gemstone collections in the Museo del Jade Museum, in San José
Museo del Jade Museum
© Museo del Jade
The Museo del Jade Museum is one of the most exciting museums of Costa Rica: the world’s largest collection of Jade is stored there. The 6889 archeological pieces stand out among its collections, and among them a number of gold-made or bone-made objects, stones, and shells that the museum hosts. It has become one of the best art symbols of the pre-Columbian art of Costa Rica.
Museo del Jade Museum, San José
© Museo del Jade
You can find this great museum to the west from Democracia Plaza and visit all of its collections in an spectacular brand new five-storey building. You can carry out diverse activities, as knowing its auditorium, workshop rooms, and shops or have a coffee while noticing the beauty of the place in the coffee shop.
There are permanent exhibitions, among them the Umbral room, the Jade room and the Memorial room stand out. In these rooms you can find exhibitions like the bird-shaped pendant, the jade jewel with a double headed bird, and the gold rattle. Nor can we forget that the museum hosts temporary exhibitions too.
The museum has guided tours, with which you can get to know the history of the Costa Rican pre-Columbian art in depth and enjoy its pleasant talks and visual exhibitions.
Without doubt, The Museo del Jade Museum has become one of the places that you cannot miss in your visit to San José.
More information:
Location:
Central Avenue, 13th and 13th bis Street, in the west side of Plaza de la Democracia.
Opening hours:
8 am m. to 5 p.m. m. from Mondays to Sundays
Telephone number:
+(506) 2521-6610
Email:
museodeljade@ins-cr.com
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San José
What to see:
- Parque Metropolitano La Sabana Park
- Parque Morazán Park
- Parque Nacional Park
- Parque Diversiones Park
- Parque España Park
- Central Park
- Parque Zoológico Simón Bolívar Zoo
- Spirogyra Butterfly Garden
- Parque de la Paz Park
- Parque Okayama Park
- Parque de la Merced Park
- Mercado Central
- Mercado Borbón Market
- Casa Amarilla
- Edificio Metálico
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Edificio Luis Ollé Building
- Former Atlantic Train Station
- Alianza Francesa
- Edificio Maroy Building
- Edificio Herdocia Building
- Biblioteca Nacional
- Iglesia de la Merced
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Church
- Barrio Amón Neighbourhood
- Distrito Escazú District
- Teatro Nacional
- Teatro Melico Salazar Theatre
- Galería Nacional
- Teatro Auditorio Nacional
- Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura Centre
- Banco Central
- Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
- Avenida Central
- Paseo Colón
- Catedral Metropolitana Cathedral
- Plaza de la Cultura
- Plaza de la Democracia
- Bulevar Ricardo Jiménez Boulevard
- Plaza de la Libertad Electoral
- Castillo Azul
- Fuente Hispanidad Fountain
- Teatro Variedades Theatre
- Plaza Juan Mora Fernández
Museums:
- Museo del Jade
- Gold Museum
- Museo de Numismática
- Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
- Museo Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Historical Museum
- Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo
- Museo de la Comunidad Judía de Costa Rica
- TEOR/ética
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales La Salle
- Museo Rafael Obregón Loría Masonic Museum Grand Lodge
- Children´s Museum
- Museo del Arte Costarricense
- Museo Filatélico y Numismático Museum
- Museo Histórico Agrícola Santa Ana Museum
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