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Mission
Rescue, research, communicate and reactivate traditional knowledge and cultural practices of Costa Rica’s Central Valley, in function with the needs of the contemporary society, sharing with the communities an active preservation of our cultural and natural heritage. |
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The Museum, in conjunction with the practitioners of popular culture (“cultores populares”) of the community, offers a variety of activities to the public, allowing our visitors to enjoy and get to know the customs and products of popular culture, through the contact with their creators.
Through the development of
productive projects, constituted by practitioners of popular culture, we
put into practice our philosophy of active preservation and responsible
use of heritage in conjunction with the community, generating benefits
which impact their quality of life. |
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P R O Y E C T O S |
"Rescue of Traditional Games and Toys"
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"Rescue of Traditional Food and Drink"
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"Reactivation of the Bahareque construction system"
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P R O D U C T I V O S |
Offers the opportunity to know different games and acquire attractive traditional toys.
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Offers a variety of authentically traditional food and drink.
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The bahareque house, site of the Museum of Popular Culture, is representative of the traditional household architecture of the Central Valley. It is the main house of a coffee plantation built between 1885-1887 by the parents of former President Alfredo Gonzáles Flores. |
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The interior and exterior
spaces of the house re-create a historical mise-en-scéne, typical of the
domestic environment of many Costa Rican families at the end of the
nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth. A collection of items of domestic use, artisanal furniture, and work tools, give visitors the opportunity to appreciate uses, beliefs and customs. |
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| The natural surrounding the house, the “solar,” constituted by medicinal and ornamental plants and fruit trees, demonstrates the close relationship of the human being with nature, and the knowledge of nature within an agricultural culture.
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The museum organizes Temporal Exhibitions related to the traditional cultural practices and to the daily life; furthermore the museum researches the current traditions in Costa Rica. Se cuenta con una programación de Exhibiciones Temporales sobre prácticas culturales tradicionales; así mismo sobre temas de la vida cotidiana, e investigaciones sobre la tradición actual costarricense. |
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The Museum of Popular Culture is located in Santa Lucía of Barva, province of Heredia inCosta Rica. Open to the public since 1994, it is a permanent institution of the Universidad Nacional (UNA), and the result of the development of the University areas of Research and Social Action, at the service of the national community. Currently is ascribed to the School of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences of the UNA. Actualmente está adscrito a la Escuela de Sociología,
Facultad de
Ciencias Sociales de la UNA . |
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Universidad Nacional |
Web site sponsor by Fundación ILAM
Design Red-ILAM / Transalated by: Ximena Varela |
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