Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
The Pre-Columbian Gold Museum is a museum in San José, Costa Rica. It is located in a subterranean building underneath the "Plaza de la Cultura" and is owned and curated by the Banco Central de Costa Rica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: pre-Columbian archaeological museum in San José, Costa Rica
- Also known as: “PreColumbian Gold Museum”
- Address: 0004 Calle 5 Rafael Chaves, San José
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Theatre of Costa Rica and Metropolitan Cathedral of San José.
National Theatre of Costa Rica
Theater building
Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 1,140-seat National Theatre of Costa Rica is Costa Rica's national theatre, located in the central section of San José. Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.
Metropolitan Cathedral of San José
Church
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San José is a cathedral in San José, Costa Rica, located on Calle Central and Avenues 2 and 4. The original cathedral was built in 1802 but was destroyed by an earthquake. Metropolitan Cathedral of San José is situated 240 metres west of Pre-Columbian Gold Museum.
Melico Salazar Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Melico Salazar Theatre is located in San José, Costa Rica. It maintains a full schedule of concerts, recitals, and plays. While large and built in the European Baroque style, it is far simpler than the Parisian influenced Teatro Nacional one block east. Melico Salazar Theatre is situated 300 metres west of Pre-Columbian Gold Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carmen and Merced.
Carmen
Village
Carmen is the first distrito of San José Canton in Costa Rica, and one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown. This district is not heavily populated although it is a busy downtown area in daytime.
Merced
Village
Merced is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly.
Hospital
Village
Hospital is a district of the San José canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. It is one of the four administrative units that form San José downtown properly.
Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Catedral, San José, San José Province, Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.9335° or 9° 56′ 1″ northLongitude
-84.07668° or 84° 4′ 36″ westElevation
1,166 metres (3,825 feet)Operator
Museos del Banco CentralOpen location code
66XQWWMF+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 459837504OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
11239745Wikidata ID
Q10941394
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Pre-Columbian Gold Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “musée de l’Or précolombien”
- French: “Musée de l’Or précolombien”
- German: “Museo del Oro Precolombino”
- Slovenian: “Muzej predkolumbovskega zlata”
- Spanish: “Museo del Oro Precolombino – Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica”
- Spanish: “Museo del Oro Precolombino Álvaro Vargas Echeverría”
- Spanish: “Museo del Oro Precolombino”
- “Museo del Oro”
- “Museo del Oro Precolombino”
- “Museo del Oro Precolombino – Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica”
- “Museo del Oro Precolombino Álvaro Vargas Echeverría”
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