Barbados Museum & Historical Society, Cultural history museum in Bridgetown, Barbados.
The Barbados Museum & Historical Society occupies a former prison building from 1818 and displays collections spanning different time periods. The rooms contain objects from colonial times, old tools, and documents that record how life unfolded on the island.
A group of history enthusiasts founded this institution in 1933 to gather and preserve knowledge about the island. It later became a public museum, welcoming visitors regularly since 1993.
The museum displays how Bajadian society developed through crafts, everyday objects, and personal documents spanning generations. You see here how people lived and maintained their identity across time.
The museum is located in central Bridgetown and is easy to reach by car or on foot. Visitors should come during daytime hours since opening times vary by day of the week, and comfortable clothing is recommended because there are many gallery spaces to walk through.
The natural history section houses skeletons, shells, and hides of Caribbean animals that were collected to document the region's wildlife. This collection lets visitors learn about island animal life in a way that is rarely seen today.
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