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Museum in Grand Bahama moving closer to reality
December 30, 2015
Museum in Grand Bahama moving closer to reality
The late Sir Jack Hayward's dream of a museum on Grand Bahama is becoming a reality through efforts spearheaded by businesswoman Erica Gates and others.
10 of the best new museums
December 26, 2015
10 of the best new museums
The spectacular building designed by Santiago Calatrava is itself a draw to this science museum, a 15,000m sq area on the Pier Mau? that incorporates a huge reflective pool, gardens, and cycle paths.
December 21, 2015
New Museum of Grand Bahama to celebrate the island's explorers, pioneers and settlers
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama --- The new historical Museum of Grand Bahama will be located in the former Shannon Country Club building on Magellan Drive, at the entrance to the Garden of the Groves. It is expected to become an important source of history and information about the island. It is intended to be a centre of interest and activity as it celebrates the explorers, pioneers and settlers of Grand...
April 22, 2011
A few steps into the past at Hope Town's historical museum
A few steps into the Wyannie Malone Historical Museum is enough to give you an eerie feeling that you have gone back in time.
Since Hope Town is not the busiest city centre, chances are you might be the only visitor when you go. Apart from the sound of your footsteps on the wooden floors the museum is near silent. That?s good because the quiet leaves plenty of room for your imagination.
Th...
Museum staff not paid for three months
April 20, 2015
Museum staff not paid for three months
EMPLOYEES at the Long Island Museum have not been paid for three months and may be out of a job "very soon", according to Long Island MP Loretta Butler Turner...
GB Minister Tours New Junkanoo Village and Museum
March 20, 2015
GB Minister Tours New Junkanoo Village and Museum
Minister for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville on Thursday visited the Junkanoo Village and Museum and observed the progress of Freeport?s newest attraction, the brainchild of Junkanoo enthusiast Fred Black and his partner Rashad Amahad, located on Yellow Pine Street, directly across the street from the Grand Bahama Millwork Building...
Pompey Museum to reopen downtown
October 30, 2014
Pompey Museum to reopen downtown
Kim Outten-Stubbs, chief curator for the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC), told Guardian Business that the reopening of the historic Pompey Museum in Downtown Nassau represents a significant step in the rejuvenation of Downtown Nassau.
"It is definitely a part of [redevelopment]. Any redevelopment of one's major city must consider providing places for experiences of culture an...
March 04, 2015
Templeton World Charity Foundation officials tour Pompey Museum
This month, officials from Templeton World Charity Foundation toured the Wade in the Water: the Peter Mowell, the Last Slave Ship in The Bahamas exhibition at the newly restored Pompey Museum.
February 27, 2015
Templeton World Charity Foundation Officials Tour Pompey Museum
This month, officials from Templeton World Charity Foundation toured the Wade in the Water: the Peter Mowell, the Last Slave Ship in The Bahamas exhibition at the newly restored Pompey Museum...
March 04, 2019
British museum agrees to return emperor's hair to Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Two locks of hair belonging to widely revered Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros will be repatriated after a request from Addis Ababa, the National Army Museum in Britain announced Monday, as more African countries seek to reclaim heritage they say was taken [...]
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