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Museum of Popular Culture
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At the edge of a middle-class neighborhood between Heredia and Barva, the Museo de Cultura Popular 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. The museum is open only on Sundays 10 to 5, but groups of 10 or more can reserve a tour during the week.
- Address: Between Heredia and Barva; from Musmanni bakery in Santa Lucia 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.
- Website: www.museo.una.ac.cr
- Location: Heredia
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