Museo de Cultura Popular, Cultural heritage museum in Santa Lucía, Costa Rica.
The Museo de Cultura Popular exhibits traditional crafts, textiles, ceramics, and artifacts that demonstrate Costa Rican cultural expressions and daily practices.
The museum preserves ancestral knowledge and traditional practices, including the colonial-era masquerade tradition known as mantudos from Cartago's Puebla de los Pardos.
Exhibits focus on traditional games, oral traditions, folk medicine, and clay construction techniques that represent Costa Rican cultural heritage.
Administrative offices open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6:30 AM, with a multipurpose room available for business and family events.
The museum maintains a specialized library dedicated to intangible heritage and traditional folk culture, offering research materials about Costa Rican traditions.
GPS coordinates: 10.01770,-84.11530
Latest update: March 14, 2025 20:53
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