Sunday NerdDay: Visit to Museo Nacional de Costa Rica

Things had become a bit hectic, so we didn't get a chance to post up pictures from our Sunday visit to the museum. Mainly we wanted to go see the butterfly garden, since Costa Rica is known for its diverse group of mariposas or butterflies. Turns out there were not as many butterflies as we had imagined, but it was a nice museum. There were various exhibits about the history of Costa Rica and exhibits containing pre-colonization artifacts. One of the interesting exhibitions discussed how the country eventually abolished its army. Costa Rica also abolished its death penalty unlike many other countries.

Beautiful day in San Jose. The skies were so clear you could see the mountain peaks from afar. 

Modeling in front of the National Museum. The museum used to be a Army building where soldiers used to stay, and it was also used for guarding the city. 

Costa Rican street art we passed on our walk to the museum.

Standing inside the mariposa sanctuary. 

This is the area where the butterflies are left to grow. You can see the wings of the butterflies hatching out of the cocoon. 

One of the craziest things we saw. This was excavated from the grounds in Costa Rica. It was identified to be a molar tooth of a Giant sloth back during the pre-columbian time periods. Can you imagine how huge the sloth must have been! This is just its one molar.