Grenada National Museum
Historic building in St George's, Grenada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Grenada National Museum is a museum in St. George's, Grenada. It is housed in a complex of several buildings, the oldest of which may have served as a French barracks from 1704. Parts of it were used by the adjacent prison until the 1850s, when the land was sold and the Home Hotel was built.[1] It remained a hotel (and 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 use as a museum of archaeology and history. Topics on display include Amerindians/Precolonial, the European Invasion, African Slavery, Plantation Economy, the former whaling industry, and colonial-era equipment and artifacts, including several items and a bathtub purportedly used by Josephine Bonaparte.
Established | 1976 (1976) |
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Location | Monckton Street, St. George's, Grenada |
Coordinates | 12.050576°N 61.752655°W / 12.050576; -61.752655 |
Type | Amerindian, African, and European History in Grenada |
Website | museum |