Friday Night Live! A Night at The Museum Hosted by The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Friday 26th October 2018  6:00 PM

This October we bring a little spookiness and a lot of fun with a special Halloween-themed FNL! Join us for a “Night at the Museum” where there will be art, food, lots of mystery and tricks and treats - all to be enjoyed in the course of just one night.

Come in your costumes or make a mask at our workshop, welcome the cool fall temperatures with the lively music of Bodine in Fiona's Theatr...

International Museum Day at the NAGB

Friday 18th May 2018  10:00 AM

Join the NAGB as we participate in International Museum Day for the very first time. Enjoy a lunchtime perforamnce with Jazz Etcetera, free admission for the entire day and the extension of our museum hours to 6PM.

Venue:
The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
West St. & West Hill St.,
Nassau, New Providence
Bahamas

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Bahamian Cultural Icons Contribute to Groundbreaking Junkanoon Museum Plans

Technology and Innovation to make unique museum a signature attraction at Nassau Cruise Port...

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Grand Bahama’s Maritime Museum to become a premier attraction

The Bahamas Maritime Museum will become one of the premier attractions in Grand Bahama, said Minister of Health and Wellness, the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville who was speaking on behalf of the Minister for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Ginger Moxey.

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Showcasing unique Bahamian maritime history, Bahamas Maritime Museum opens in Grand Bahama

The official opening of the Bahamas Maritime Museum demonstrates how the orange and blue economies can work for the good of a local economy, said Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Philip Davis on Saturday.

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Treasure hunters' finds featured in new museum

In late 1654, the Spanish galleon Maravillas was loaded with silver coins and bars recovered from the sunken Jesús Maria de la Limpia Concepción to embark on its journey home from South America to Spain. The Maravillas had to pass through The Bahama Channel, a shortcut between Florida and The Bahamas, unmapped and full of ...
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Getty museum says it has right to keep prized Greek statue

ROME (AP) -- The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has vowed to assert its right to keep an important Greek statue after Italy's highest court rejected its appeal of a ruling ordering the artwork returned to Italy. The ANSA news agency said Tuesday [...]
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The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) has teamed up with the organizers of the Island Society for the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Education (SPACE) Caribbean Museum

The Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) is pleased to announce executive appointments that progress its goals of being a customer-focused, agile, Bahamian-led utility...

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Antiquities, Monuments & Museums Corporation Lecture Series

Thursday 25th September 2014  7:00 PM

Tongue of The Ocean-What Bahamian Language Reveals About Us As A People:

When: Thursday, September 25, 2014

Where: The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, West Hill Street

Time: 7:00pm

Guest Speaker: Patricia Glinton-Meicholas

Fire Devistates the Pompey Museum in Nassau

Built sometime before 1796 and named for the slave, Pompey, who lived at Steventon on Exuma Island; functioned as a marketplace until the late 1800's; "Vendue" is French for sold.

Unfortunately, enslaved people were among the commodities sold in a two-story building; the permanent exhibit is dedicated to the African experience in The Bahamas; see artifacts excavated from former plantations; mus...

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