Columbus Park

Columbus Park is an open-air museum along the northern coast that spans three acres, displaying colonial-era remnants like cannons, shipboard equipment, and other recovered artifacts. Objects come from different time periods and show the island's development from the Taino age through to European settlement.

The park originated from a collection of artifacts gathered by Kaiser Bauxite Company, containing objects spanning several centuries of Jamaican history. The displays range from tools of the original inhabitants through to sugar production machinery and military equipment from the colonial era.

The park displays Taino objects including canoes and tools that show how Jamaica's first inhabitants lived before Europeans arrived. You can see directly how they worked and what they used in daily life.

The park sits between Ocho Rios and Discovery Bay on the coast, making it easy to reach by car, and informational signs explain the grounds throughout. An on-site restaurant and harbor views make a relaxed visit with multiple purposes quite manageable.

The park holds aqueducts from old sugar production that show how cleverly colonists used water for their mills and factories. These structures are rare surviving examples of practical engineering from that era.