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Museums in Guyana

• The Guyana Museum
  • The National Museum is located on North Road in a building complex which opened in 1951. The Museum's collections were housed previously in the Carneige Building. The Guyana Museum in Georgetown has a collection of flora and fauna, archaeological findings, and examples of Amerindian arts and crafts.

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• The Guyana Heritage Museum
  • Irons, enamel lunch carriers, ice-shavers, three-legged iron pots, 18th and 19th century maps, coins and stamps, other artifacts and an impressive collection of books by Guyanese authors awaken a sense of nostalgia. It was obvious that the collection of these artifacts, Guyana Heritage Museum, situated at Kastev, West Coast Demerara was as a result of love for one's country, dedication and hard work over a number of years.
    

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    Website: http://www.sdnp.org.gy/ghm/

    TEL/FAX 592 268 2408

• The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology
  • The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology is a museum of anthropology in Georgetown , Guyana and claims to be the oldest such museum in the English-speaking Caribbean region. It was established in 1974 , but not opened to the public until 1982 .

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• Castellani House: the home of the National Gallery of Art
  • This large  wooden  building was designed by Cesar Castellani. It was once the residence of the Director of Agriculture in 1888.  In  1965 the building  was converted as the official residence by Mr. Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham,  then  Prime  Minister  of British Guiana. In 1993 the inaugural collection of the Art Gallery was held.

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• Hadfield Foundation
  • An array of watercolours, oil on canvas, and pen and ink drawings by some of Guyana's artists are also on display in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Hadfield Foundation located on Hadfield Street

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• The Museum of African Heritage
  • The museum was initally called The Museum of African Art and Ethnology and was founded in 1985. In 2001, the museum was renamed the Museum of African Heritage, in order to open their doors to a wider audience and begin to fully address the African experience in Guyana. The existing collection includes items on African Art, mostly West African, from the wooden mask to the carved door of secret societies, helping to educate people about the meaning and reasons behind African art traditions. Also in the collection are more practical pieces like the brass weights used for measuring gold dust, drums, musical instruments, games and clothing. More recent donations include a wooden replica of the 1763 Monument.

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• The Military Museum and the John Campbell Police Museum
  • John Campbell Police Museum
    Uniforms, musical instruments, photographs and other police artifacts dating back to colonial times are on display.
    Location: Eve Leary, Georgetown
    Phone: 592.225.5401
    
    National Military Museum
    Military weapons, uniforms and records are on display.
    Location: Camp Ayanganna, Thomas Lands, Georgetown
    Phone: 592.227.0447

• The Rupununi Weavers Society Museum at Lethem
  • The Rupununi Weavers Society is also associated with the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology in Georgetown. This association is designed to promote and enhance awareness of Guyanese indigenous cultures. To this end, Society maintains a museum within its compound on the outskirts of Lethem. The museum houses Amerindian artefacts and antiquities, as well as archival materials and other intellectual resources.

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