Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
History of Costa Rica
Ceramic

The Royal Academy of Spanish Language dictionary defines ceramic as the art of making vessels and other objects in clay, crockery, and porcelain; also as the scientific knowledge about the same objects from the archaeological point of view. Thus, it is the art and science of modeling objects with materials of earth, and with the aide of heat. (Ferrero, 1987:396).

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Pre-Columbian Gold
ImageThis exhibition enhances our indigenous people’s view on gold.  Its goal is to make people aware of the fact that, opposed to the current idea that gold is a valuable material due to its price (which has encouraged most tomb-looting), to them, gold had a spiritual value instead of a materialistic one.
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Cultural Landscape from Diquís Delta

ImageDiquís Delta, located in Costa Rica’s southeast, has an occupational history that dates from 1.500 b.C.  It shows some of the most relevant facts about Costa Rica’s economic, social and cultural development, such as:

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