Organization:The Dominica Museum
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
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
- ↑ Gravette, Andrew Gerald (2000). Architectural heritage of the Caribbean: an A-Z of historic buildings. Signal Books. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-902669-09-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=US59JbQ6-OYC&pg=PA168. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ Golden, Fran Wenograd; Brown, Jerry (19 November 2004). Cruise Vacations for Dummies 2005. For Dummies. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-7645-6941-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=bds2OmgsyCsC&pg=PA282. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sullivan, Lynne M. (1 March 1999). Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica & St. Lucia. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-55650-857-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=N-R4sqU8M8UC&pg=RA8-PA401. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lakeside Publishing Co. (2008). Cruise Travel. Lakeside Publishing Co.. p. 10. https://books.google.com/books?id=s2dZxvEFVY8C&pg=PA10. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ "Dominica Museum". Visit Dominica. http://www.visit-dominica.com/querydetail.cfm?Id=311. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ↑ Great Britain. Colonial Office (1962). The Colonial Office list. H.M.S.O.. p. 185. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6gdAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=C1fel8M7YZEC. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
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