Turks and Caicos National Museum - Turks and Caicos Islands - History Museums on Waymarking.com

According to Wikipedia, the Turks and Caicos National Museum is the national museum of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is located in Guinep House on Front Street to the north of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island, which is also the capital of the archipelago. Established in the 1980s and opened in 1991, the museum is publicly funded as a nonprofit trust. It exhibits pre-historic Lucayan culture and records the history of the islands of the colonial era and the slave trade, all related to the sea. An arboretum is adjacent to the museum.

The museum is housed in one of the oldest stone structures in the island, a building called the Guinep house. The house, built prior to 1885, was named after the large guinep tree in the front yard. It was built in local limestone by a former shipwright. The structural material of the building also came from local shipwrecks, including a ship's mast, which is one of the building's main supports. The building which was earlier a lodge for some of the divers, was donated to the museum in 1990".

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Theme: cultural Street Address: Guinep House, Front Street Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies (BWI) Food Court: yes Gift Shop: yes Hours of Operation: Monday to Sunday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Cost: 5.00 (listed in local currency) Museum Size: Small Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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Date Logged Log User Rating   01/23/2023 The Blue Quasar visited it