www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Perhaps a nice inexpensive place to take a Tica for an hour or
two and study the ARTISSE and the Artists... Great places
to absorb some of the history and culture.

Art Galleries of Costa Rica
There are many art galleries in Costa Rica. You can find pre-columbian artifacts, oil paintings, modern art, watercolors, ceramic and woodworks among others.

Museo de Arte Costarricense
Created in 1977 on what was the international airport of "La Sabana" at the entry of downtown San Jose with the idea of having a national paint museum....
Speciality : Paints e-mail : musarco@racsa.co.cr

Museo de Arte Y Diseno Contemporaneo
The emergence of this new cultural institution has provided a space devoted to develop and expand the main tendencies of contemporary art and design in its diverse manifestations, both nationally and internationally....
Street 15-17, Ave 3 Telephone: (506) 257-7202
e-mail : madc@ns.madc.ac.cr

Museo Etnohistorico
The museum if focus on the cultural richness of the province of Limon, which is different fron the rest of the country because of the co-existing of different cultures that were broad to work in the rail road...
downtown Limon Telephone : (506) 255-3051
Speciality : ethnology

Museo Historico Maritimo
Shows the economic activity of the place and its culture, fishing tools, the characteristics of its ethnography and natural resources....Central Ave downtown puntarenas Telephone 1 : (506) 661·1394
Speciality : Shows the economic activity of the place and its culture, fishing tools, the characteristics of its ethnography and natural resources.

Museo Nacional
In 1949, after having occupied a different public building in San Jose, and the army was abolished, in Costa Rica - the National Museum that was founded in 1897 got it self a permanent home in which was the "Cuartel Bellavista".
Between first and second ave in 17 street
Speciality : Protection of inheritance

bump for you heathens

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Thanks for the bump Brother C'dude. This listing has the old-style phone numbers--I'd x-ref this list against another source maybe Trip Advisor or an ICT official site.
There are also private galleries with genuine artwork for sale--that'd take some digging--maybe start with the UCR or other university art department.
This thread is a refreshing change of pace and an artwork buying trip works as well a justification for being here as a fishing trip.

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Be careful when you tell your friends you went to a gallery or museum.

When I visited the museum in Medellin I got a lot of shit from my buddies about it....wasn't the manly thing to do when pu*sy shopping

Good point about the phone numbers. Another weird thing about the post that I noticed is that 2 of the 5 museums listed aren't even in San Jose or even cities most of us would ever visit (one is in Limon and another is Puntarenas). And yet it fails even to mention 2 of the most popular museums in San Jose (the Gold Museum and the Jade Museum). Here is a link to a more recent (and complete) list of museums in San Jose including brief descriptions, hours and new phone numbers: http://www.costarica.com/places-to-see/museums-&-gardens/san-jose-museums/

BTW, I know what you mean about sometimes catching shit from some buddies along those lines. What I do is tell them (or at least think to myself) that guys who are truly confident in their own sexuality shouldn't really give a damn about what some fool thinks is too "girly" and maybe THEY'RE really the ones with the true problem.

Really, shit for going to art galleries? Maybe time for a more cultured, less mouth breathing set of friends.

Hence...... the Foo-Foo drink !!!!! Well put Prolijo ! Phuck 'em !!!

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Not really a problem since all the numbers listed are land line phones. Just add a 2 as the first digit.

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The Museum of Contemporary Art is just across the street from the National Library. There are always new exhibits. I've hit all of the other museums, Gold, Jade, National. The Theatro Nacional has a lunchtime program that's pretty inexpensive as well. I can't drink expressos at the DR all afternoon every day before ZB or happy hour at Harry's or SL.