The morning started at Museo de Oro Precolumbino y Numismatica, a three in one museum cleverly hidden underground at Plaza de la Cultura. This museum houses an exhibit on the money of Costa Rica, it’s history and the influence of the coffee culture and Spanish, an art exhibit and the Pre-Columbian gold. There is a Heidelberg press included in the exhibit that was used to imprint paper bills. It’s weird and yet somewhat comforting how a printing press is so recognizable.<\/p>\n
Lola Fernandez’s art is on display. She is a Costa Rican artist. Included are a couple of three minute videos on different painting techniques and examples on how Lola incorporated those techniques in her work.<\/p>\n
The main event, though, is the gold or metallurgy of Pre-Columbian society. There are gold pieces and then more gold pieces. Almost redundantly so, the exhibit seems to go on and on. All of it is nicely done, with signs in both Spanish and English, and well worth the visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The morning started at Museo de Oro Precolumbino y Numismatica, a three in one museum cleverly hidden underground at Plaza de la Cultura. This museum houses an exhibit on the money of Costa Rica, it’s history and the influence of the coffee culture and Spanish, an art exhibit and the Pre-Columbian gold. There is a Heidelberg press included in the<\/p>\n