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Consultant Recommends Buildings’ Promotion as a Heritage Site
Remnants of the Old Jail
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The recently uncovered graffiti makes the “Old Gaol” of “universal importance,” and ongoing conservation and research work has given the project its “credibility internationally.” This is the view of internationally recognised Historical Preservation Architect Patricia Green.
Miss Green said that the entire building, with the Old Gaol as its flagship, should be promoted internationally as having significant historic importance. The historic graffiti, she said, “places heightened associative values”, providing the Old Courts Building (the main building of the three) with a “superb candidate for international status.
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To mark its fifth anniversary celebrations earlier this year, First Caribbean Bank selected the Cayman Islands National Museum as most worthy national cause. Representatives this week toured the works sites to see the outcome of the works their US$20,000 anniversary gift helped fund. Read More...
Contractors have handed over keys, marking completion of the largest restoration project in the history of the Cayman Islands – the 13-month conservation and renovation of the Museum buildings. This week Minister McLaughlin took time out to congratulate those involved in the historic project. Read More...
The National Museum’s project to conserve handwriting found on the oldest building in the Museum complex, the Old Gaol, has reached a highpoint with the recent exposure of much more graffiti, including the drawing of a small bird. Deciphering of the writing, first discovered at the Museum last year, is still in progress. Read More...
The National Museum is opening its doors to Chamber members and specially invited guests on Thursday, 15 January 2009, beginning at 5:30 pm, in a special Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours. This is the first major event that the National Museum will host at its newly restored facilities. The Museum does not as yet have exhibits in place but they will be introduced in a phased programme following the BAH, beginning with the Natural History Gallery, Cultural History Gallery, and Audio-visual Theatre. Read More...
Waiting in the wings for opening curtains in the first quarter of 2009, the Museum is busy behind the scenes developing opportunities for donors, not only with respect to their support of efforts to preserve history for future generations, but also with regard to their becoming active participants in its historic re-emergence. Read More...
With the completion of the 13-month conservation and reconstitution project, Museum authorities are now focusing on finalizing exhibit arrangements and reviving programmes in preparation for grand opening in early 2009. “With the building restoration phase now behind us,” said Board Chair Harris McCoy, “we are moving full steam ahead on all the necessary planning to restart and re-engineer a national Museum. Read More...
Nasaria Chollette Joins Museum as Education Officer. After 16 years as a pioneer teacher in the dramatic arts at the John Gray High School, Mrs. Nasaria Chollette has joined the Cayman Islands National Museum as Education officer. Read More...
Unlike all the other galleries, which are permanent, the purpose of the Changing Gallery is to display temporary exhibits that will rotate periodically on an annual schedule. Exhibits pertain to significant developments in contemporary Caymanian life, as expressed through various media, including the performing arts. Read More...
Shaping minds of the future, the Children Gallery is designed for safe, hands-on learning through exploration and play. From time-to-time features may include magical forests and marine voyages full of sights and sounds, technological environments allowing virtual engagement of young minds, interactive displays inviting young minds to explore and build, learning labs teaching about Cayman culture, and opportunities for painting, drawing and making art – the sky is the limit for this vibrant gallery. Read More...
