During Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the museums from the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ), will temporarily close, to later resume their normal shifts. The government established a holiday season that goes from December 23rd to January 2nd.
The schedules are the following:
-The Costa Rican Art Museum: It will be open from 10 am to 4 pm until December 24th. It will reopen on January 3rd; from 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free.
-The Artist’s School House: its Headquarters are in Guadalupe, Goicoechea, it will be open on December 23rd, from 8 am to 8 pm and on December 24th, from 8 am to 4 pm. It will reopen on January 2nd, during regular business hours. Admission is free.
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MADC): it will be open until December 23rd at 1 pm and it will reopen on January 3rd on a regular schedule, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 9:30 am to 5 pm (free admission on Tuesdays). The admission ticket has a value of 1,000 colones and students pay 500 colones.
-Calderón Guardia Museum: It will be closed from December 24th and it will reopen on January 2nd, 2017, from Mondays to Saturdays, from 9 am to 5 pm. Admission is free.
-Juan Santamaría Cultural Historical Museum: it will close on December 24th and it will reopen on January 3rd, 2017, during regular business hours, from Tuesdays to Sundays, from 9 am to 5:30 pm. Free admission.
National Museum of Costa Rica: Closed to the public from December 24th to January 2nd. Administrative offices will be closed from December 26th to January 1st. Admission ticket: 2,000 colones; children under 12 years old, students and teachers with identification of the educational center and adults over 65 years old, with identity card, enter for free.