Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
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Metamorphosis, A New Cycle

Fantasy textile intervention in eleven ambiences
Silvia Piza-Tandlich, textile artist

July 1st – September 26, 2010

Inspired in the natural transformation of Nature—mainly of butterflies—Silvia Piza-Tandlich's proposal shows multiplicity of colors and forms within a daring combination of materials and textures, achieving 102 textile artworks in various formats.

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Costa Rica: Land of Wonders

"Costa Rica: Land of Wonders" takes us on a journey through the evolution of pre-Columbian societies with stark social differences, from their onset and peak, to their fall.

The show includes 225 objects—some of them shown in Costa Rica for the first time—made in jade, gold, stone, and ceramic of various sizes, textures, and embellishments, and with remarkable expression.

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Commanders' Houses -Indoors

Centenarian, testimony of diverse époques, and a fusion of architectonic languages…are the National Museum Commanders' Houses, which are open to the public after a hard restoration process that has transformed them into themselves by an exhibit that rescues the architectonic patrimonial beauty of the city of San José.
 

 

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Image Gallery

Temporary Exhibits

Images collection of temporary exhibits of the National Museum of Costa Rica.

 

Compilation of images of the Temporary Exhibitions.