The recent collaboration has allowed for a total of 258 pieces to be transported to Canada for its exhibition at the Pointe à Callière Museum starting November 2nd and ending April 19th, 2009.
Museum curator Claude Chapdeleine from Canada and Costa Rican archeologist Ricardo Vázquez carefully picked each of the 258 samples that will tell the story of Costa Rica’s era from 500 BC up to the arrival of the Spaniards.
According to museum representatives, the samples chosen to travel abroad are among the most beautiful and significant within the museum’s collection. The Costa Rican National Museum has stated that many of the pieces chosen to be exhibited in Canada have been acquired over the last 10 years and have never before been exhibited.
Thanks to the funding by the Pointe à Callière Museum in Montreal, the exhibition named “Costa Rica: Land of Wonders” is the largest in Costa Rican history to be showcased in a specialized foreign museum.
Among the pieces taken to Canada 99 are ceramic, 49 stone, 58 gold and 52 jade. All archeological pieces will return to Costa Rica by May 2009.
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