Cartago Museums

Ethnographic Museum

Avenidas 3 and 5, Calles 3 and 5
Cartago, Costa Rica
Tel: 2551-0895

Founded in 1933, the museum features more than eight hundred pre-Columbian objects, plus various things from the colonial period.

Hours: Call for schedule.

Religious Art Museum of San Jose de Orosi

Iglesia de Orosi
Paraiso de Cartago, Cartago
Costa Rica
Tel: 2533-3051

The museum is located in a church and convent built in the 1600s. The buildings are excellent examples of liturgical architecture of the colonial era. It features more than one hundred artifacts illustrating the period.

Hours: Daily 1 to  5 p.m.

Our Senora del Pilar Religious Museum

Southern Corner of La Iglesia de Tres Rios
Cartago, Costa Rica
Tel: 2229-5109

The museum was founded in 1977 to exhibit 60 pieces of religious art, including images, incense burners, sacred glasses and books recalling the artistic, cultural and religious heritage of Tres Rios.

Hours: 9 to 11 a.m., 3 to 5 p.m.