Pitcairn Island Museum, Historical museum in Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands.

Pitcairn Island Museum is a museum building in Adamstown that displays artifacts from different periods of island habitation. It shows items from early Polynesian settlers through to the time of settlement following the Bounty wreck.

The museum's collection was first kept inside the island school before moving to a new building funded by the British government in 2005. In 1998 archaeologists from James Cook University excavated the wreck of HMS Bounty; a cannon and other artefacts were conserved at the Queensland Museum before returning to Pitcairn for display.

The collection shows tools and objects made by the first Polynesian inhabitants, giving a sense of how these early people lived and connected with each other. You can see what items were used in daily life.

The museum occupies a building funded by the British government and opened in 2005, after the collection moved out of the island school. In 2008–2009 it opened only once in the year, so check locally in Adamstown before counting on a visit. As of 2015 entry cost tourists $5.

The archives hold letters exchanged between residents of Pitcairn and Norfolk Island, documenting communication between the two remote islands. This correspondence shows how isolated communities stayed in touch with each other.