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Great place to visit if you are interested about the Jade in history and how it was used and the role it played in many different points in humanity.
Very interesting museum to visit. Has many floors separating the different points in history of Jade and its importance to all the different tribes.
Plan to spend a few hours in this place as there is a lot of information to learn.
Very interesting museum to visit. Has many floors separating the different points in history of Jade and its importance to all the different tribes.
Plan to spend a few hours in this place as there is a lot of information to learn.
Inside this ugly brutalist building is an excellent museum that displays not only their extensive Jade collection but the history of Costa Rican culture. Highly recommend.
New and well constructed museum with a focus on pottery and stoneworks, exploring the different roles and evolution of such through the different eras of Costa Rica's long history. Well preserved and extensive collection.
Wow! What a great and beautiful museum! The building’s exterior is beautiful, unique and ultra-modern. I must say we were surprisingly amazed…one of the best museums we have ever been to… so glad we went. Five floors filled with a vast and enormous collection of artifacts. Not only jade, but also many ceramics and stone. Many unique ocarinas to see. The word “jade” might lead a person to think this place has primarily jade artifacts, but definitely not so. I agree with another reviewer here that this is perhaps the best museum in Costa Rica. Definitely worth the cost of admission.
One of the best museums in Costa Rica! Relatively new museum with a good collection. on Sundays 2 tickets for the price of 1.
5 floors of cool terracotta sculptures. Loved it.
With the visit! Very well done exhibits.
A very attractive museum with five floors of exhibits. Although I enjoyed my visit, I felt that 1) the price for foreigners was very steep, 2) much of the pottery lacked labels to give background information about the objects, and 3) the name of the museum is a bit misleading, as only one room out of the five floors contained jade. Most of the museum is dedicated to pottery. Still worth a visit, if you know what to expect.
Excellent museum. They offer English and Spanish descriptions. Highly recommend
It is a great museum, with the best display of jade and history of a country that I have attended. Definitely a must visit when you come to Costa Rica
Das Museum zeigt über mehrere Etagen verschiedene Exponate. Allerdings ist die Vielfalt der Exponate nicht so wie erwartet. Vieles wiederholt sich. Alle, die keine Cédula haben, müssen Gringo-Preise zahlen, auch wenn sie in CR leben und wohnen!
Nacht-Fotos anbei.
Nacht-Fotos anbei.
Very repetitive and not very well curated. $16 each for Americans, $5 each if you have a Costa Rican student ID.
60% pottery of all nomenclatures, 20% art exhibit of Salvador Dali (who was one weird dude), 20% jade in various formats.
Was interesting the first 30min but there’s a lot of historical context lacking. Also not interactive in the least bit.
That said, better than sitting at home for $5.
60% pottery of all nomenclatures, 20% art exhibit of Salvador Dali (who was one weird dude), 20% jade in various formats.
Was interesting the first 30min but there’s a lot of historical context lacking. Also not interactive in the least bit.
That said, better than sitting at home for $5.
This place was one of the coolest places I went to during my trip! First off there was AC which is great! There were so many different exhibits and wonderful things to look at. The museum was spacious and even with a good amount of people walking around it didn’t feel crowded at all. There was such a wide variety of stuff to look at, you could really spend all day there. It was about $6 a ticket and totally worth it. We spent about three hours there but you could have spent even more time.