Today we had a visit from Ray and Anita Spencer. They had been touring around off the Carnival Glory, visiting the northern tip of the island. In 1961-62, Ray was stationed at the US Navy Base, so he went looking for familar landmarks. He found a few. The gatehouse and basketball court are right where. more…
Yesterday, Mario and Angela came to the museum and were thrilled with the exhibits and the behind the scenes tour. They were off the Holland America Westerdam, but they enjoy “micro excursioning” where they plan their own activities and contact local companies before they cruise. Mario was scuba diving with Blue Water Diving in the. more…
This morning we had two geo cachers stop by the museum off the Holland America Eurodam. Known on Geocaching.com as Teampolarbear and Papoosky, these two guys have registered over 1500 caches by downloading the information from the geocaching website into their Ipods and then using Garmen GPS units to locate the various caches that are. more…
The Salinas kiosk has gone up. The kiosk provides cultural information on the history of the Salinas as salt ponds and their importance today as a migratory bird habitat. Already there have been several visitors and islanders alike standing reading the panels. They are effective and should be an asset to understanding this large part. more…
by Jessica Brody Today’s task between hosting cruise ship visitors: assembling the archives. Tiffany and I spent August through December arranging and creating order in the museum’s paper collections. We sifted through governmental reports, church records, salt industry ledgers, and personal accounts of the islands. After separating them into categories, we started entering them into. more…
by Jessica Brody The library is in heavy use today. We’ve had a number of visitors, some just perusing, and others working from it’s shelves as we speak. To our visitors I showed off the work Tiffany and I did over the fall and winter – cataloging and adding books to the database – and. more…
Last night was the second Spring 2 Collections event at the museum. We watched 10 minute of silent footage, recently donated to the museum, of the Navy base being built on Grand Turk and then talked about photographs in the museum collections. We talked a lot about the airstrip that used to run where Cee’s. more…
by Jessica Brody A member of the museum stopped by to drop off the annual dues and left us with an unexpected gift! She had a couple things her husband was willing to part with: a commemorative ship’s bell and an old spy glass. The ship’s bell is probably a significant addition to the museum. more…
We now offer a behind the scenes guided tour at the museum in Grand Turk. The tour is available through our website on the Cruise Ships Tours page. The tour has been developed for people who want a more detailed and longer experience at the museum. This may be divers who are really interested in. more…
On Tuesday we had a local musician’s jam at the museum. Often during these events visitors will show up and sit in. On this particular night Wally Jarvis, a Renaissance musician from Michigan, came and played a 13th century wooden flute. The evening was incredible. The Wet Lab and outside areas were full of people.. more…