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Barbados Museum & Historical Society

History museum · Barbados ·

Barbados Museum & Historical Society

History museum · Barbados ·
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"Near the racecourse in the Garrison part of the city stands a former military prison from Barbados’s time as headquarters of the British navy's Windward and Leeward forces. Since the 1930s, the two-story stone structure with gardens has been put to happier use, housing the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Exhibits cover the island’s coral structure and natural history, as well as the original Amerindian presence, the slave trade, sugar cultivation and rum production."

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Barbados history, geology, culture exhibits in former prison

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Barbados history, geology, culture exhibits in former prison

Google Rating
4.3 (847)
Featured in Afar
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Dalkeith Road, Bridgetown, Saint Michael Barbados Get directions

Restroom
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Wheelchair accessible restroom
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
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Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
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Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
Barbados Museum & Historical Society by null
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