The Dominica Museum
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The Dominica Museum is a museum on the quay in Roseau
, Dominica
. It is the national museum of Dominica. It is located in a small orange (as of 2007) building, formerly an Old market building and a post office dating to 1810. This building lies in the old colonial part of the city, next to the Garraway Hotel
just northwest of the Fort Young Hotel
, in front of the Old Market of Roseau
, the centre for slave trading during colonial times.
The entrance to the museum is on the left, with a bay to the side of the door and two bays above it, with a clock at the top. To the right, the main section contains four pillars on the ground floor and five pillars on the second floor. The four pillars on the ground floor each have pot plants in front of them.
, has been responsible for much of the museum. The Dominica Museum contains general items related to the cultural and social history and geology and archeology of Dominica. 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. Of note are some stone axes, some of them reaching 9 inches in length. 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.
Roseau
-Architecture:The central district of Roseau is tightly packed with small and large houses and even larger modern concrete structures. There is little green or open space situated within the city, and this is even more so today, as many of the courtyards which was once commonplace within the city...
, Dominica
Dominica
Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
. It is the national museum of Dominica. It is located in a small orange (as of 2007) building, formerly an Old market building and a post office dating to 1810. This building lies in the old colonial part of the city, next to the Garraway Hotel
Garraway Hotel
Garraway Hotel is a hotel located on the quayside of Roseau, Dominica. It lies between the Fort Young Hotel and right next to The Dominica Museum . In the colonial period this area was part of the Fort Young from 1770. This hotel is one of the newest in the city, built in 1994...
just northwest of the Fort Young Hotel
Fort Young Hotel
Fort Young Hotel is a hotel on the quayside of Roseau, Dominica, located in the southern part of the capital next to Garraway Hotel and Dominica Museum and Roseau Public Library, just south of the Governor's Residence and Roseau Cathedral...
, in front of the Old Market of Roseau
Old Market of Roseau
The Old Market of Roseau, also known as Old Market Plaza and Dawbiney Market Square is a market located in Roseau, the capital of the Caribbean island of Dominica...
, the centre for slave trading during colonial times.
Architecture
As of 2007, the museum was painted orange, with an orange tiled roof. Common in Roseau, the window shutters are painted red/gingerbread, matching the door. The colonial building dating to 1810 is two stories high, with the Office for Tourist Information on the ground floor and the second floor containing the museum and providing views of the city from the second-floor balcony.The entrance to the museum is on the left, with a bay to the side of the door and two bays above it, with a clock at the top. To the right, the main section contains four pillars on the ground floor and five pillars on the second floor. The four pillars on the ground floor each have pot plants in front of them.
Displays
Dominica's most notable historian, Lennox HonychurchLennox Honychurch
Lennox Honychurch is Dominica's most noted historian and a politician. He is well-known for writing 1975's The Dominica Story, the 1980s textbook series The Caribbean People, and the 1991 travel book Dominica: Isle of Adventure...
, has been responsible for much of the museum. The Dominica Museum contains general items related to the cultural and social history and geology and archeology of Dominica. 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
Pwi pwi
A Pwi pwi is type of miniature raft, native to the Caribbean island of Dominica. They were carved out of tree trunks, usually Bois Canon by the Kalinago people, very simple in design, used for inshore fishing for fish, lobster, shellfish and conch.-External links:*...
, a miniature form of raft, a replica of a Carib hut and Arawak pottery and tools. Of note are some stone axes, some of them reaching 9 inches in length. 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.