Museum News

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. more...

23 February 2010 - Today the History Channel video of the Trouvadore story went live on the Smithsonian's Ocean Portal website 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. more...

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. more...

1 December 2009 - Due to hurrican damage the museum had to discard shelving that housed our library more...

28 November 2009 - Today the Turks & Caicos National Museum celebrated its 18th anniversary with a two-day event. more...

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. more...

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 for the children. more...

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 more...

The community mural project was one of the most important hurricane relief/recovery projects completed by the museum in 2009. more...