Topic: Cayman Islands National Museum
Volunteers find historical artifacts in George Town
Artifacts recovered from the site include musket balls, pottery, glass bottles, pieces of old clay pipes and buttons. They have been donated to the Museum.
Museum celebrates the life of Ira Thompson and his collection of Cayman artifacts
Kiemanos: an exhibition focused on the life and collection of Ira Thompson will open on 2 April at the Cayman Islands National Museum
‘The Sea Is History’ provides a powerful reminder of Cayman’s identity
When stepping into the Cayman Islands National Museum’s exhibition, 'The Sea Is History', you feel is like the sea has followed you indoors.
Dancing for fun and culture: Learning Cayman’s traditional quadrille
The Cayman Islands National Museum hosted a free class to teach Cayman's traditional dance, the quadrille on 10 Jan.
Healing through heritage: Cayman museum hosts wellness market
The Roots & Remedies: Tradition & Wellness Market brought the community together in a celebration of healing, heritage and holistic living.
Mary Evelyn Wood’s handiwork acquired by National Museum
The Cayman Islands National Museum has acquired two special items, both handmade and once owned by national hero, politician and nurse Mary Evelyn Wood.
National Museum returns with Mango Fest
The Cayman Islands National Museum is set to host its annual Mango Fest this Saturday, 5 July, on the George Town waterfront.
Cayman’s mangoes rooted in long history
Mangoes aren't native to the Caribbean, and it was only in recent decades that Cayman began to cultivate such an abundant variety of the fruit.
National Museum features Cayman’s ‘intuitive’ artists
The work of self-taught artists, often referred to as 'intuitives', from the Cayman Islands will be in the spotlight for the National Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘Conversations with Popular Art,’ which opens on 23 May, as part of Cayman Art Week.
National Museum embarks on new, multilingual era of storytelling
The Cayman Islands National Museum has launched its new multilingual audio guides with the voices, sounds and stories of Caymanian history.
New National Museum director outlines vision for cultural institution
Veerle Poupeye said Cayman's National Museum has a solid foundation and a lot of potential with which to work.
New director appointed to the Cayman Islands National Museum
The Cayman Islands National Museum board has appointed the former director of the National Gallery of Jamaica as the museum's new director.
‘The Resilience of Cayman’: National Museum remembers Hurricane Ivan
The Cayman Islands National Museum has opened its latest exhibition, 'The Resilience of Grand Cayman: Surviving Hurricane Ivan'.
Remembering Ivan: Heritage hit by storm
Some of Grand Cayman’s oldest cultural landmarks were badly hit in Hurricane Ivan, while others stood the test of time.
Looky Ya! Mango fest delivers juicy goodness
Goring Avenue was filled Saturday with the sweet-smelling fragrance of mangoes permeating the air, as the Cayman Islands National Museum held its annual Looky Ya! Mango Fest - a showcase for one of the most beloved fruits in Caymanian culture.
Cayman students called to be ‘Culture Keepers’
Primary aged students are encouraged to explore through a 'Culture Keepers' passport initiative by Cayman National Cultural Foundation.
Community rallies to save historic law books from dump
The priceless law books had been discarded by Truman Bodden Law School, currently in the process of relocating.
Poets move to the beats of freedom
The grounds of the National Museum in George Town were transformed into an intimate night of poetry in honour of Emancipation Day.
National Museum celebrates Emancipation Day with new exhibition
The National Museum has opened a new exhibition celebrating Emancipation Day, which includes displays of rare books and objects.
National Museum serves up culture at ‘Looky Ya’
Tourists and residents gathered at the Cayman Islands National Museum to enjoy the sights, smells and tastes of Caymanian culture and heritage, as part of Looky Ya!
Concerns raised over museum’s proposed fire sprinkler system
Cayman Islands National Museum plans to install a sprinkler system to protect its historical artefacts in case of fire, raised questions at a Central Planning Authority meeting last week on whether the proposed site for the required equipment was big enough to accommodate it.
Museum artefacts on display at Cayman Collections Centre
Thousands of artefacts from the Cayman Islands National Museum collection will be displayed on rotation at a new centre in West Bay, which celebrated a soft opening on Friday, 15 Dec.
Museum exhibition to mark legacy of national song composer
The National Museum will be celebrating the work of national hero Leila Ross-Shier, composer of 'Beloved Isle Cayman', with an exhibition opening 29 Nov.
Women’s rights activist and Caymanian icon Georgette Ebanks passes
Georgette Ebanks, one of the last living signatories of the 1948 petition demanding women's right to vote in Cayman, passed away at her home on Tuesday after a brief illness. She was 96.
Campers immersed in Cayman’s maritime heritage
A group of 12 youngsters spent a week learning about Cayman's maritime heritage at the fourth annual Cayman Islands National Museum Immerse Summer Camp.
National Museum welcoming visitors once again
If you have an interest in the history of the Cayman Islands and want to learn more, a visit to the Cayman Islands National...
Tales from beneath the waves
To kick off a new 'Issues' series, the Cayman Compass explores some of the Cayman's spectacular wrecks.
Underwater ‘train wreck’ could be relic of phosphate mining
The discovery of old-fashioned train wheel-sets in shallow water off East End may be linked to the bygone era of phosphate mining in the Cayman Islands, historians believe.
An exhibit ‘steeped’ in Cayman tradition
Memories of old Cayman converged with the present on the George Town waterfront Saturday. As carnival revellers prepared for a third week of street parades, a different showing of Caymanian tradition went on display in the Cayman Islands National Museum.
New roof for National Museum
The Cayman Islands National Museum is getting a new roof to protect the artefacts inside the downtown building on Harbour Drive.
Museum unveiling coat of arms exhibit on Saturday
The nearly yearlong 60th anniversary celebration of the territory’s coat of arms is nearing its end, but not before the Cayman Islands National Museum and Celebrate Cayman hold an event on Saturday that will feature local food, traditional crafts, festive fun and entertainment.
Museum receives ceremonial swords
The Cayman Islands National Museum is now in possession of two ceremonial swords.
OBMI celebrates 50th anniversary in the Cayman Islands
Cayman architecture and interior design firm OBMI celebrated its 50th anniversary with nearly 100 industry representatives at Hemingways restaurant last week.
Volunteers piecing together Cayman’s past
The journeys collide on a table littered with shards of plates and pottery in a room at the Cayman Islands National Museum.
Museum celebrates 27th anniversary
The Cayman Islands National Museum celebrated its 27th anniversary Saturday, launching a new exhibition, honoring some local stalwarts, and holding its Christmas Looky Ya event.
Christmas ‘Looky Ya!’ to be held Saturday
A special Christmas “Looky Ya!” celebration will be held at the Cayman Islands National Museum Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., to mark the museum’s 27th anniversary.
Former Miss Cayman talks about island heritage
Former Miss Cayman Islands, attorney Theresa Lewis Pitcairn, kicked off a series of lectures at the Cayman Islands National Museum this week with a discussion on a “Purposeful life beyond the crown.”
National Gallery examines the body in ‘Mediating Self’
A new exhibition, “Mediating Self – Identity and the Body,” is on display at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
Donation brings home a relic of Cayman’s early days
The Cayman Islands National Museum is celebrating the repatriation of a household artifact originating from Cayman’s very early days which is now part of its collection.
Cayman welcomes Scuba Hall of Fame
After years of being virtually based in the Cayman Islands, the International Scuba Hall of Fame officially moved into its new home at the Cayman Islands National Museum over the weekend.
Early scuba gear to go on display at National Museum
A 1940s Aqua-Lung regulator belonging to Jacques Cousteau and a pair of 15-pound leather diving boots from 1865 will be among the items on display at the Cayman Islands National Museum’s newest exhibit, a collaboration with the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.
Museum makes plea for missing maritime trail signs
Cayman has lost some of its Maritime Heritage Trail signs.
The signs, painted white and bordered in cobalt blue, sport the image of a schooner...
Dive pioneers join scuba Hall of Fame
The inventors of one of the first diving regulators and the man who led the first explorations beneath the North Pole were among the pioneers honored at the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday.
Museum celebrates mango season
Visitors to downtown George Town on Saturday had the opportunity to indulge in some mango madness at “Looky Ya: Mango Season at the Museum.”
‘Legacy of Light’ to highlight Cayman’s watercolorists
Watercolor enthusiasts should mark their diaries for the Cayman Islands National Gallery’s latest exhibition, “A Legacy of Light,” which opens to the public on June 30.
Museum celebrates 25th anniversary
Tourists and locals alike got a chance to step back in time and experience Cayman’s cultural treats and festivities at a ‘Big Ole’ Looky Ya’ event at the National Museum on Wednesday.
National museum launches book to celebrate 25th anniversary
To mark its first quarter-century, the Cayman Islands National Museum is launching a book and holding an outdoor party.
