Museum of Pre-Columbian Gold (Museo del Oro Precolombino) description and photos - Costa Rica: San Jose (Topic)

Museum of Pre-Columbian Gold (Museo del Oro Precolombino) description and photos - Costa Rica: San Jose. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Museo del Oro Precolombino.

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The Pre-Columbian Gold Museum is located in an underground room (under the Kultury Square). It contains more than 1600 exhibits, the earliest dating back to 500 AD. Here you can see coins, figurines of various animals, including frogs and scorpions, amulets, jewelry, erotic figurines, etc. The same building houses the Numismatic Museum, where you can see collections of various coins, banknotes and even coffee tokens.

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