Central Valley Sights

Museo de Cultura Popular (Museum of Popular Culture)

Museo de Cultura Popular (Museum of Popular Culture) Review

At the edge of a middle-class neighborhood between Heredia and Barva, this museum is housed in a farmhouse with a large veranda built in 1885 with an adobe-like technique called bahareque. Run by the National University, the museum is furnished with antiques and surrounded by a garden and a small coffee farm. Just walking around the museum is instructive, but calling ahead to reserve a hands-on cultural tour (such as one on tortilla making) really makes it worth the trip. An open-air restaurant serves bread baked in a clay oven, and fresh tortillas and tamales.

    Contact Information

  • Address: From Musmanni bakery in Santa Lucía de Barva, 100 m north, then turn right 1 km/½ mi east; follow signs, Heredia, 40201
  • Phone: 2260-1619
  • Cost: $2
  • Hours: Sun. 10--5, Mon.--Sat. by appointment
  • Website:
  • Location: Heredia

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