Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum
The national museum, set in a former 19th-century British army prison, telling the island's story of Indigenous peoples, slavery, sugar and colonialism.
The museum occupies the former British military prison in the Garrison area. Its galleries display Arawak artefacts, the history of the slave trade and sugar plantations, colonial-era furniture, maps and prints, and natural history specimens. The children's gallery and the preserved cells are also worth seeing. It is the most comprehensive place to learn about Barbadian history, and a visit takes about 1.5 hours. It is a few minutes' walk from Garrison Savannah, generally open Monday to Saturday, with an admission fee.
Opening hours
Approx. Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
- George Washington House
- Carlisle Bay
- The Careenage & Chamberlain Bridge
- St. Michael's Cathedral
- Parliament Buildings
- Nidhe Israel Synagogue
- Kensington Oval