| National Museum of Costa rica | |
| Native Name: | Museo Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Coordinates: | 9.9328°N -84.0714°W |
| Established: | 1887 (at the Universidad de Santo Tomas); 1950 (current location) |
| Director: | Cristhian Kandler |
| Website: | www.museocostarica.go.cr |
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. The museum holds the nation's treasures such as the memorial of Glory and is home to many historical documents of the nation's upbringing, significant events, and tragedies of the nation's past. Built in 1917, the Museum was originally used for quarters for soldiers and held barracks, and was used in the Costa Rica Civil War in 1948.[1] [2]
The museum has received hundreds of objects in recent years from the U.S. as part of efforts to repatriate artifacts that were removed earlier from Costa Rica.[3] [4]