The Museo del Jade is an
archaeological museum
An archaeology museum is a museum that specializes in the display of archaeological
Types
Many archaeology museum are in the open air, such as the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Roman Forum. Others display artifacts inside buildings, such as Na ...
in
San José,
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. Since 2014, it has been located in front of
Plaza de la Democracia. It was founded in 1977 by Fidel Tristán Castro, the first president of the INS. The museum contains the world's largest collection of American jade.
Gallery
File:Pataky pottery. Museo del Jade. Costa Rica.jpg, Ceramic tripod pots with jaguar motifs
File:Jade de Nicoya. Costa Rica.JPG, Jade artifacts from Nicoya
Nicoya is a Districts of Costa Rica, district and head city of the Nicoya (canton), Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste Province, Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. It is one of the country's most important tourism, ...
File:Jade objects. Museo del Jade. Costa Rica.jpg, Jade artifacts with avian features
File:Jarrón trípode África. Museo del Jade. Costa Rica.jpg, Tripod vessel
File:Armadillo Museo del Jade.jpg, A stone figure of an armadillo
File:Jade bird with long tail.jpg, A jade carving of a bird (possibly a quetzal) with long tail feathers
File:Museo de Jade Diquis Stone Spheres CRI 01 2020 4313.jpg, Stone spheres of the Diquís
See also
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List of museums in Costa Rica
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Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras. It moved to its current location in 1950.[Museo del Oro Precolombino
The Pre-Columbian Gold Museum ( es, Museo del Oro Precolombino, officially es, Museo de Oro Precolombino Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) is a museum in San José, Costa Rica. It is located in a subterranean building underneath the "Plaza de la Cultu ...]
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External links
Further information
Museums in San José, Costa Rica
Museums established in 1977
Mesoamerican art museums
Pre-Columbian art museums
Museo del Jade
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