The old Jade Museum in San Jose, Costa Rica was dark, quite, and cramped. (It’s since moved to a large 75,000 square foot museum in 2014.) I had heard from other travelers it was hard to get in as its hours would close randomly and at the whim of the guards. When I arrived, I was informed it was closed. After some back and forth they said that the staff was at lunch. I smiled and asked the guard if I could sit on the stool in front of his desk and wait. (I had nowhere else to go.) He sighed and suddenly sold me a ticket. Apparently, the staff weren’t at lunch, they just were turning away tourists because they didn’t want to work!
So I wandered around, being the only person in there besides the guards. It has a lot more than just Jade, but as Jade is one of my favorite stones I wanted to share some of their collection.
I might be headed back to Costa Rica later in there, might just have to checkout the new space!
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