Grenada National Museum

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Grenada National Museum
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Grenada National Museum
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place St. George’s , Grenada
opening 1976
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Mortar in the museum exhibition

The Grenada National Museum , the National Museum of the island state Grenada in St. George's .

history

The museum is housed in a building that the French used as barracks from 1704. It stands on the foundations of Fort George . It was later used as a British women's prison until 1880 . After this phase, the building was converted into Grenada's first hotel. Even later, two independent hotels under different owners and a shop were set up in the buildings.

The museum was opened in 1976 with an archaeological and historical focus. Some citizens had come together to form the Grenada Historical Society .

exhibition

The permanent exhibition includes in each department the issues of "Slavery, First Inhabitants, Plantation Economy, Whaling & Fishing Archeology, and Early Transportation & Technology" (slavery, Native, plantation agriculture, whaling and fishing and Early Transport and Technology).

Republic Bank grants helped the museum improve the quality of the exhibition and make it more detailed. Today there are numerous pieces of broken glass and petroglyphs , exhibits on nature, related to the Armanadian culture ( Ciboney , Kariben and Arawak , the "Amerindians") .

The first ill-fated attempts by the British to settle in Grenada in 1609 and the period of French occupation are presented. There are numerous historical machines for making sugar, such as an old rum distillery and artifacts from the Yoruba , equipment used by the whaling industry and the marble bath that Joséphine de Beauharnais (Empress Josephine Bonaparte) used as a child. The first telegraph device, which was purchased in Grenada in 1871, is also on display. Newer exhibits deal with the murder of Maurice Bishop and the war that resulted from the US invasion of Grenada by the Americans . In addition to cultural-historical topics, the exhibition covers political events up to the 1980s.

education

An educational program called The Grenada National Museum Press (GNMP) has been created for visitors and the Grenada Historical Society is also located in the museum building. In addition to books and flyers, there are teaching materials for visitor groups.

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Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Grenada National Museum . Lonely Planet. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
  3. ^ A b Grenada: Culture . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ Paul Crask: Bradt Grenada: Carriacou, Petite Martinique . Bradt, July 2012, ISBN 978-1-84162-401-3 , p. 102.
  5. ↑ a b Kay Showker: Eastern and Southern Regions: A Guide for Today's Cruise Passengers . Globe Pequot Press, March 1, 2006, ISBN 978-0-7627-3885-4 , p. 267.
  6. ^ Grenada National Museum Receives Major Donation from Republic Bank. Now Grenada.com, May 2013.
  7. ↑ Grenada National Museum To Host The First Major History Of The French In Grenada. ARC Magazine , July 2013.
  8. ↑ Fodor's: Fodor's Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines & Grenada . Fodor's Travel Publications, December 28, 2010, ISBN 978-0-307-92803-0 , p. 206.
  9. ^ Exploring Grenada . Geographia.com. Retrieved July 12, 2013.

Coordinates: 12 ° 3 '2 "  N , 61 ° 45' 10"  W.