The Dominica Museum is the national museum of Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is located in the capital, Roseau, on a quay in front of the Old Market of Roseau, which was the centre for slave trading during colonial times.[1] Its building was formerly an old market building and a post office dating to 1810.[2][3][4]
Displays edit
Dominica's most notable historian, Lennox Honychurch, has been responsible for much of the museum.[4] The Dominica Museum contains general items related to the cultural and social history and geology and archeology of Dominica.[5] These include old photographs, photographs and portraits of past rulers, colonial furniture, including a chair and old cabinet and a barometer, specimens of birds and fishes, colonial agricultural items and indigenous cultural articles including the Pwi pwi, a miniature form of raft, a replica of a Carib hut and Arawak pottery and tools.[6][7][3] Of note are some stone axes, some of them reaching 9 inches in length.[8] The museums also contains displays related to the Volcanology of the island, and artifacts related to the early settlers also include oars, domestic implements, wooden figurines and old musical instruments.[7]
References edit
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- ^ a b Sullivan, Lynne M. (1 March 1999). Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica & St. Lucia. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-55650-857-8. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ a b Lakeside Publishing Co. (2008). Cruise Travel. Lakeside Publishing Co. p. 10. ISSN 0199-5111. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Dominica Museum". Visit Dominica. Archived from the original on 19 September 2003. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ Great Britain. Colonial Office (1962). The Colonial Office list. H.M.S.O. p. 185. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ a b Dominica Museum. Dominica Island info. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 1922. Retrieved 25 June 2011.