Museo de los Niños
The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica. Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture and National Theatre of Costa Rica.
Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture
Museum
Photo: Antonio.solera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica. Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994.
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. National Theatre of Costa Rica is situated 1 km south of Museo de los Niños.
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 1 km south of Museo de los Niños.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carmen and Catedral.
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.
Catedral
Village
Catedral 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.
Museo de los Niños
- Type: Museum
- Address: Calle 4, San José
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Merced, San José, San José Province, Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.94136° or 9° 56′ 29″ northLongitude
-84.07968° or 84° 4′ 47″ westOperator
CCCCOpen location code
66XQWWRC+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9216194890OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6940556
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- Spanish: “Museo de los Niños”
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