Located in a military barracks and a former prison, the Juan Santamaría Cultural History Museum is dedicated to presenting the history of settlement in Costa Rica from early European settlement to the nineteenth century AD, with a special focus on the pivotal battles that took place in the mid-1850s in Santa Rosa, Sardinal, Rivas and Botola. Juan Santamaria, who in turn is keen to restore, preserve and disseminate the historical heritage of heroic deeds.