Pre-Columbian Gold Museum

Museum · San José ·

Pre-Columbian Gold Museum

Museum · San José ·

Pre-Columbian gold artifacts, numismatics, and arts.

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Bajos de la Plaza de la Cultura. Avenida Central. Calle 5 San José Centro San José CR 10104, Av. Central, San José, Quesada Durán, Costa Rica Get directions

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"A San José museum displaying gold pieces and artifacts dating back to around 500 A.D.; it is part of the central bank's museum network and includes exhibitions on numismatics, archaeology and visual arts." - Ashley Couto

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"Where to See Gold—and Spend It—in San Jose San Jose's Pre-Columbian Gold Museum has an impressive collection of gold objects, yes. It's remarkable to see a collection of sculptures, tools, and jewelry made with this coveted metal, some of which date back to 500 AD. There's even Costa Rica 's first gold coin, minted in 1825. But the building contains other treasures, including the national coin museum, a high-end gift shop, and a pretty plaza that was a welcome relief from the city's sooty grayness."

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Anush M.

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Nice place to see some cultural part of the country also the building is very nice and close by the opera and theatre house ! You can buy tickets directly in the museum when we visited , there was no waiting time , price is around CRC 8,400 for adults .

Nelson C.

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Downtown San José, Costa Rica. The new Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, located at the heart of downtown San José, in the subterranean modern masterpiece building below the central Plaza de la Cultura, holds one of the most relevant archaeological collections in Costa Rica and the world. Just beautiful. The only thing I found estrange is the people who work in the museum. They have a weird relationship with costumer services. Don’t know how to act or have no manners.

Joy W.

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Wonderful modern-looking museum made up of two permanent exhibitions (pre-columbian gold) and the mint/bank notes of Costa Rica. Love their showcases on the indigenous people especially. Many of the alphabets in the English text in the precolumbian gold museum have unfortunately fallen off and are not replaced, making it sometimes difficult to read the text. Wished the museum could do something about this!

Ann C.

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Excellent exhibition of pre Spanish Costa Rican culture and life, including lots of gold artefacts. Also, the history of Costa Rican money, starting with the gold coins introduced by the Spanish. Well worth a visit.

Elayaperumal G

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Its well mainfained place. has good collection of currency hisgory in costa rica and has 2 levels of gold artifacts. Not too big, but worth if you like museums

Heather S.

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The entrance is located on the lower level in the plaza. There are multiple floors with exhibits that have nothing to do with the gold museum, but are included in your admission ticket. The gold museum is on the lowest level. The little gold sculptures are pretty amazing to see.

Daniel B.

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Great and perfect interaktiv set-up Museum with a lot of interesting background about Costa Rica’s history around economy, money, gold art and culture.

Jim P.

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We enjoyed wandering around the varied exhibits. Not just loads of gold but fascinating history and cultural displays.

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Pre-Columbian Gold Museum

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Pre-Columbian Gold Museum

Anush M.

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Nelson C.

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Joy W.

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Ann C.

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Elayaperumal G

Google

Its well mainfained place. has good collection of currency hisgory in costa rica and has 2 levels of gold artifacts. Not too big, but worth if you like museums

Heather S.

Google

Daniel B.

Google

Great and perfect interaktiv set-up Museum with a lot of interesting background about Costa Rica’s history around economy, money, gold art and culture.

Jim P.

Google

We enjoyed wandering around the varied exhibits. Not just loads of gold but fascinating history and cultural displays.

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