Jade Museum, San Jose

I wanted to enjoy this museum more, but I felt it was very basic. Jade is my middle name so Its always been one of my favorite stones, and there was a ton of it and i didnt know about it’s history here. However other than that, I don’t feel I gained much new cultural information about the peoples or the area. There was a lot on display but a lot of similar things and the plaques explaining were very generic. It also seemed like parts were being renovated or moved around. There were spaces that looked like it should have a display but it wasn’t there. Some areas were blocked off. A few displays said “touch” but were either blocked off so you couldn’t or had another “do not touch” sign placed after. For $16, I don’t feel this was worth it. But here are some pics of a few things I did enjoy.

Low entry fee for students. More interesting than most of the exhibits were the information about life in the pre-Colombian era and the relation between humans and animals. I personally liked the special exhibition on famous (influential) women in the history of Costa Rica. The other exhibits (pots, different pieces made from Jade) were quite repetitive. Also very child-friendly with different games.