Grenada National Museum, National museum in Saint George's, Grenada

The Grenada National Museum occupies a complex of buildings at the corner of Young and Monckton streets in St. George's, the oldest of which may date from 1704. Its rooms display pottery, petroglyphs, sugar-processing machines, a rum still, and a marble bathtub linked to Empress Josephine.

The oldest part of the complex may have served as a French army barracks from 1704, and parts were used by the adjacent prison until the 1850s, when the land was sold and the Home Hotel was built. It stayed a hotel, briefly a warehouse in the 1940s, under several owners until closing in the early 1960s. In 1976 the Gairy government donated part of the complex for a museum of archaeology and history.

The displays cover the Ciboney, Kalinago and Arawak peoples through pottery sherds and petroglyphs of native fauna, alongside Yoruba artifacts, sugar-processing machinery, a rum still and whaling equipment. Proclamations, photographs and news items record the 1983 events, and local schoolchildren have contributed exhibits. The Grenada Historical Society is based in the building.

The museum occupies a complex at the corner of Young and Monckton streets in St. George's, next to the adjacent prison whose inmates once used parts of the buildings. It has been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic, so confirm before setting out that it has reopened. The Grenada Historical Society, which runs the museum, is housed in the same building.

The museum preserves an old rum still that shows how important this spirit was to the island's economy. A bathtub belonging to Empress Josephine is also housed here, creating a surprising link between Grenada and French imperial history.