Haitian National Pantheon Museum, National history museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The Haitian National Pantheon Museum is an underground museum complex in Port-au-Prince with galleries dedicated to the nation's history. The exhibitions display artifacts from pre-Columbian times through the modern era across multiple spaces.
The museum was established in 1983 and holds an anchor from Columbus' Santa Maria alongside documents from Haiti's independence movement. These collections document crucial moments in the nation's development.
The museum's five sections follow the island's story from the Taíno inhabitants through the Spanish conquest, slavery, the 1791 revolution and independence. Among the objects are the silver pistol with which Henri Christophe killed himself, a rosary Toussaint Louverture used in daily prayer, and the bell rung to announce independence.
The museum is located in the Champs de Mars district and offers guided tours in English, French, and Creole. Operating hours differ between weekdays and weekends.
Beneath the main hall's floor lie the remains of Haiti's founding fathers, lit from above by a shaft of natural light falling on a golden monument shaped like the cannons and banners of the Haitian flag. The names of Revolution heroes are written on the surrounding walls.
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