On April 9, 2012 Fred (Fritz) Miller returned to Grand Turk just 2 months shy of his original landing 60 years ago July 7, 1952. This time he came with his beautiful bride, Phyllis and they were bearing wonderful gifts to add to the museum’s archival history of the Turks & Caicos Islands. US Air …
By Pat Saxton Director The Turks and Caicos National Museum was lucky enough to participate in the 50th Anniversary celebration of the splashdown of John Glenn. Appropriately named “ Splashdown Grand Turk” the week long festivities included a Stamp contest, fireworks, naming of John Glenn Drive, science fair, reception at Waterloo, educators from NASA visiting …
By Jackie Garbarino Gift Shop and Volunteer Manager Our outgoing Chief Justice Gordon Ward and his wife Meg have donated a Royal Albert Bone China Tea Set to the Turks & Caicos National Museum. This exquisite set belonged to his mother Ellinor Ward. The Chief Justice said the set must be at least 80 years …
By Jackie Garbarino Gift Shop and Volunteer Manager In an effort to promote the sister islands, Air T&C is offering an excursion fare from Providenciales to our nation’s capital. As part of the “Grand Turk Discovery Day Tour,” the lucky passengers receive round trip air travel, a taxi tour of Grand Turk, a leisurely visit …
By Pat Saxton Museum Administrator Bird week was a great success for the Turks and Caicos National Museum and their partner, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF). After almost nine years in the planning stages, these Trails have become a reality due to a grant from the Carnival/TCInvest/TCIGovernment Infrastructure Fund. There is now a …
By Jackie Garbarino Museum Shop and Volunteer Manager In an effort to cut fuel costs and decrease our carbon “Big Foot” print, we have painted the Museum’s roof white. There are some environmentalists who think that we could greatly reduce the earth’s temperature and reduce carbon emissions if we all had white roofs. Something to …
By Pat SaxtonMuseum Administrator The last two weeks have been crazy busy and exciting. For a small Museum, we sure do have a lot going on!! First we had to say goodbye to Nikki Miller Jennings our “tour guide extraordinaire” and Children’s Club Manager. Nikki is going to Munich, Germany for awhile. We are all …
By Pat Saxton Museum Administrator On Saturday morning we had a visit from the Captain and crew of the Spirit of Bermuda, a sail training ship designed and built to provide students an authentic learning experience on board a replica Bermudian-type schooner built between 1810 and 1840. Spirit of Bermuda Captain and crew arrive at …
An impromptu portrait of a donkey and tales of life on a Caribbean island captured the attention of students at Newmarket Elementary School, Maryland on Friday, April 15, as they learned about the process of publishing. Our very own Donna Seim and illustrator Sue Spellman spent the day talking with students about their work, specifically …
By Melanie Clifton-Harvey Museum Archivist In early January 2010 a group of passengers from the Holland America cruise ship found their way to the museum. After being told to look for Melanie by the ladies in the Gift Shop they came around to the Science building and the gentleman came upstairs. “My wife is a …