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December 21, 2011
Ninety Percent of Objects in Charred Pompey Museum Were Saved
About 90 percent of the objects in the Pompey Museum were saved, although fire ravaged the building earlier this month, officials confirmed yesterday.
Initially, they feared that most of the historic artifacts had been lost in the blaze, which ripped through a portion of Bay Street in the early morning hours of December 3.
Fire Devistates the Pompey Museum in Nassau
December 02, 2011
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...
November 24, 2011
Nassau Chamber Ensemble performs at the Historical Society Museum
The Nassau Chamber Ensemble played its second concert of the year at the acoustically and visually delightful Historical Society Museum, home of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) on Sunday afternoon.
August 11, 2011
Road Project donates Mahogany trees to Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation
NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC) is the recipient of a gift of two mahogany trees thanks to the New Providence Road Improvement and Infrastructure Project (NPRIIP).
August 09, 2011
Road Project Donates Mahogany Trees To Antiques Monuments and Museums Corporation
THE Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation has been gifted two mahogany trees by the New Providence Road Improvement and Infrastructure Project.
August 09, 2011
Road Project Donates Mahogany Trees to Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation
The Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC) is the recipient of a gift of two mahogany trees thanks to the New
Providence Road Improvement and Infrastructure Project (NPRIIP).
The trees are two of six mature Mahogany trees recently removed from in front of the Prince Charles Shopping Centre and relocated to the grounds of Centreville House which is also known as Collins House.
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August 09, 2011
Road Project Donates Mahogany Trees to Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation
The Antiquities Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC) is the recipient of a gift of two mahogany trees thanks to the New Providence Road Improvement and Infrastructure Project (NPRIIP).
The trees are two of six mature Mahogany trees recently removed from in front of the Prince Charles Shopping Centre and relocated to the grounds of Centreville House which is also known as Collins House.
National Museum event lights up downtown Nassau
December 11, 2008
National Museum event lights up downtown Nassau
Hundreds gathered on the lawn of Collins House, Shirley Street as Governor General Arthur D. Hanna clicked on the lights in the garden launching the Antiquities, Monuments & Museums Corporation?s (AMMC) ?Festival of Lights? celebration.
June 19, 2023
Rolle: NP straw market upgrades before the end of this year
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Public Works and Utilities Bacchus Rolle said last week that the Straw Market Authority is considering the expansion of the world-famous straw market in Downtown Nassau, and that the upgrades to straw markets throughout New Providence and Paradise Island are on schedule to be completed before the end of this year.
Bahamas: A taste of paradise in the Atlantic
June 12, 2016
Bahamas: A taste of paradise in the Atlantic
Peering out of the plane window as I descend, it is obvious why the Bahamas are synonymous with the notion of paradise.
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