3 November 2010 – Partnering with the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, the Museum is hoping to establish a variety of bird watching tours. The Grand Turk Bird Walking Tour, a Bird Driving Tour, and a bus tour all as part of an eco-tourism tour, should be up and running by the first quarter, 2011. …
9 June 2010 – The Museum’s application to the British Library’s Endangered Archives Project was accepted. The project’s focus will be to invenoty, preserve, and where possible, collect pre-1900 records from around the Islands. The project will get underway in September and run for six months. If you are aware of early TCI documents, contact …
23 February 2010 – Today the History Channel video of the Trouvadore story went live on the Smithsonian’s Ocean Portal website at “Today’s Catch.” The Ocean Portal is a unique, interactive online experience that inspires awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the world’s Ocean, developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and more …
18 February 2010 – Following years of research and planning, the Turks & Caicos National Museum is about to unveil plans for a major expansion of the National Museum at the Village ataGrace Bay, Providenciales. This “must attend” event of the year on March 20, 2010, will reveal the concept design by the National Museum …
15 December 2009 – During the fall, the museum had two visiting archivists come the TCI in order to assist with the collections management of the archives and library resources. The archival collections of the museum were reviewed to determine content and condition. Materials, except in rare cases, were organized into collections and accessioned into …
28 November 2009 – Today the Turks & Caicos National Museum celebrated its 18th anniversary with a two-day event. One day focused on children’s activities and one day focused on an adult program. The weekend was marked with tremendous rain storms that affected all programming, resulting in a low turnout on Saturday and the postponement …
8 November 2009 – With a license from the DECR, the blessings of the National Trust, support of the National Museum, funding from private donors, and leadership by Ships of Discovery, the archaeological exploration of Ft. George Cay began on October 23 and ended two weeks later on November 6, 2009. The exploration team was …
29 September 2009 – In August, the Turks and Caicos National Museum made a smashing success of the 2009 Summer Children’s Club program on Grand Turk. The club met every Tuesday afternoon for a day of cultural activities and field trips. The program was as much fun for the adults who attend as it was …
30 May 2009 – Funded through two Pine Cay Project grants, the after-school program opened the museum’s facilities to high school and college-age students who needed assistance getting school assignments completed owing to hurricane damage to both homes and other institutions, such as the local library. The program provided access to computers, printers, and copiers …