Performance III (Costa Rica National Museum)

Costa Rica National Museum

History
The National Museum saw the light by the end of the XIX century, encouraged by the liberal project of “order and progress” that reorganized national culture by means of changes in education and the development of institutions with cultural and scientific purposes, such as, precisely.
On May 4, 1887, with Mr. Bernardo Soto as President of the Republic, was created with the intention to provide the country with a public establishment to deposit, classify, and study natural and artistic products.

Exhibition Rooms’ Schedule
Tuesday to Saturday:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 pm.
Sunday:
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 pm.
Monday:
Closed due to maintenance.

The National Museum will be closed the next holidays
January 1st: first day of the year
April: Good Thursday and Good Friday
May 1st: Labor Day
August 15th: Mother´s Day
September 15th: Independence Day
October 12th: Cultures´s Day
December 25th: Christmas

2012 Fees: Nationals
Adults: ¢1.500 (one thousand colones)
Children under 12, students with id and elderly with gold card: free. Sunday: free for nationals.

Foreign visitors
One fee: $8

Foreign students with id: $4.

Services:
• Locker rooms
• Pay phone
• Restrooms
• Ramps for special needs’ people
• Free wireless internet in the main garden and in the library

Office schedules:
Monday to Friday: 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Location:
San José, Costa Rica.  Street 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras. West from Plaza of Democracy.

Phone numbers and e-mails:
Central: (506) 2257-1433 / (506) 2257-1434 / 
informacion@museocostarica.go.cr
PO Box: 749-1000 San José, Costa Rica.
htpp://www.museocostarica.go.cr

Alejandro Zúñiga

Stephanie Morales