Children’s Club on Grand Turk starts February 16th 2019

Children’s Club Information

!!The Club is FREE!!

When: The Kids Club will be held once a Month on a Saturday

Scheduled dates:

  • February 16th
  • March 16th
  • More Dates to be announced

Ages: 8-12

Where: Club will be held at the Science Building in the back of the Museum

Time: 1pm to 3pm  (note time change due to parent input!)

SIGN UP REQUIRED!!

Activities include art, crafts and mosaic projects that focus on the culture, nature, environment and history of the Turks & Caicos.

Email us at info@tcmuseum.org for more information or to receive a sign up form.

Or Visit the gift shop to sign your child up for the club.

 

 

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Grand Turk Museum Day 2018

On Saturday, November 3rd 2018, the National Museum on Grand Turk hosted a Museum Day Community event. The purpose of the day was to reintroduce residents of the community to Turks and Caicos National Museum and to introduce new programming by the museum.  The new programming includes the “People of the Islands Oral History Project”, a Community Mosaic on the boundary wall for the museum and garden and a monthly children’s club program to begin in January 2019.

The mosaic project was especially well received as both kids and adults really embraced the creation of the mosaic. We look forward to the continued involvement of the Grand Turk community as the mosaic is continued over the next year.

The tremendous support and participation shows that the Museum continues to receive the support of the community of Grand Turk.

The day could not have happened without the kind support of our sponsors: Carnival, Morris Cottingham, Blue Water Divers, Jack Shack, Oasis Divers, Turks Head Inne, Salt Raker, Digicel, Exclusive Escapes, White Sands Charters n’ Tours, Osprey, and Island Creations. A special thank you also goes to all of our volunteers who helped to make the day a success.

 
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Grand Turk 2019 upcoming Projects
Children’s Club – We are starting the monthly Children’s Club again. The first club will be held on February 16, 2019. Arts, crafts, games and field trips will be designed to be both fun and educational. Children from ages 8-12 are invited to participate. The club is FREE!! Enrollment will start in January. The club will be held once a month on a Saturday from 1pm – 3pm.
Oral History Interviews – Oral histories are the collection and study of historical information using tape recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events.  Preserving oral history is a critical phase of genealogical research and data preservation. If you are interested in participating or know someone who should be interviewed please contact us. Individuals from all islands will be included.
Community Mosaic – We plan to turn the museum wall into an original handmade mosaic. This project started on Museum Day and be an ongoing project. We had children draw pictures of landmarks, animals and plants. Those pictures were used to create the various images that will be part of the mosaic. The wall mosaic will transform our environment and community creating a lasting, beautiful change.  Participants will learn mosaic techniques and gain deeper pride in the community. The mosaic will include representations of all areas of life in the Turks & Caicos including our history, culture, nature and wildlife.
for more information on any of these projects please email us at info@tcmuseum.org
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Grand Turk host SPCA Clinic

The museum assisted the Turks & Caicos SPCA on Grand Turk by allowing them to hold their Spay and Neuter clinic in the Science Building. The clinic was held from November 14th to November 20th and was a huge success. There were over 90 animals that were treated! They even had a chicken show up! The space was well suited for the clinic and the central location made it easy for pet owners to bring in their pets. We had many children show up on a day that school was cancelled due to weather. The children learned about the importance of spay and neutering their pets and even watched the surgeries. Our own director Michael Pateman ended up adopting two puppies. One of our prior volunteers from Florida, Kelly Scudder-Temple, also adopted a puppy. This is another event that benefits the community that we were proud to participate in.
A very well done and thank you to the
TCSPCA volunteers, veterinarian and vet tech that also volunteered their time for this important cause.
Interested in adopting a pet or getting involved with the TCSPCA?  Visit their website tcspca.tc or grandturkspca.org
 
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Fathom Volunteers – Garden Event – Grand Turk

A group of over 50 people from the Crown Princess volunteered to assist the Grand Turk museum on November 22nd. The amazing volunteers painted the garden fence, primed the garden wall, primed the shed, cleaned the garden and rebuilt the south gate. The participants of the Travel Deep program combine a vacation with an opportunity to give back. Adults and Children showed up ready to work!! We can not express our gratitude enough for what was accomplished by this group. Many of them actually thanked us for the opportunity! This improvement to the garden is a benefit to the entire community. As residents and visitors alike travel down Front street the improvement is immediately evident.
The volunteers even donated school supplies that we will be using at Christmas to give out free gift bags to children.
A special thanks goes to our local volunteers Ed & Teresa Grice, Edgar & Claudia Schnetz, Joe Smith and Hilary Day for also volunteering and helping us with the group that day. We would like to also thank Jack’s Shack for providing ice for the event.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
WHO MADE THIS INCREDIBLE DAY POSSIBLE!
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2018 Turks and Caicos National Museum’s History and Cultural Heritage Quiz

Congratulations to winners

1st Place Winner – HJ Robinson High School
2nd Place Winner – Raymond Gardiner High School

Thank you to all of the schools that participated. The students were engaged and eager and from their answers, it was clear that they were well prepared. We applaud the principals, your teachers and students and parents for a job well done.

Thanks to our sponsors Fortis TCI, interCaribbean Airways, TC Reef Fund, Department of Education, Department of Culture, Turks and Caicos Taxi Association, British West Indies Collegiate, Mr. Stuart Haynes and Mr. Brandford Handfield for Technical Support.
We wish to thank our quiz masters, judges for both the preliminary and final round, facilitators, caterer and support teams from Department of Environment and Coastal Resources and the Turks and Caicos National Museum.

For the complete story and other Heritage Month projects we participated in click here

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Kid’s Club on Grand Turk

We are excited to announce:

Turks & Caicos National Museum Kids Club on Grand Turk is starting back up in January of 2019!!

!!The Club is FREE!!
When: The Kids Club will be held once a Month on a Saturday starting January 2019 – Exact Dates to follow
Ages:  8-12
Where:  Club will be held at the Science Building in the back of the Museum

Activities include art, crafts and mosaic projects that focus on the culture, nature, environment and history of the Turks & Caicos.

Please let us know if you would be interested in volunteering to assist occasionally with the Kids Club.

More information will follow in December as we finalize the plans and dates for the club!

 

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A Day of Many First – School Visit to Village at Grace Bay campus

A Day of many Firsts

We were pleased to welcome Mr. Toby Barkworth Knight principal of the newly established Providenciales Middle School and their very first grade 7 class of fifteen students on Thursday 27th September to the Museum’s Grace Bay Campus.
It was a day of many first as our new Director Dr. Michael Pateman made his first school presentation at the Grace Bay campus. It was the first time we used our new prototype Lucayan education kit. I must say the houtia is the star of the kit.
The museum plans to create additional education kits in other subject areas to enhance our offerings for class field trips so that we can be even a greater resource to the classes that visit the museum.
The students enjoyed taking the trip through time along our historical timeline. We were delighted to have the opportunity to share a bit of history with them. We are excited at the prospect of doing so much more in the future as we work towards getting the new museum building started at the museum campus in Grace Bay Providenciales.

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November 22nd – Grand Turk Garden Restoration

The museum will be working with Fathom and a group of volunteers off of the Princess Cruise Ship. Fathom is a non-profit organization that works with Carnival Cruise Corporation to organize volunteers to do work on the islands that the ship visits. On their stop in Grand Turk the volunteers will be assisting us with the garden which was damaged during the hurricanes of September 2017. The garden is in need of replanting, repairs and painting.
We are so excited and pleased to be working with this organization!!
We are asking that local volunteers join us to help restore the garden.
Please contact us if you are interested in participating or have questions!  Want to learn more about Fathom – visit their website.
NOTE the date this is a revised date from the announcement in our September newsletter.
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Grand Turk Museum Day 2018

The Turks & Caicos National Museum will be holding Museum Day on Grand Turk, Saturday, November 3, 2018

Please join us for Museum Day.   We are hosting this fund raiser to increase community involvement and awareness of the museum.   This fund raiser will be offering a day full of fun, prizes and entertainment.

  • Games & Crafts for the kids
  • Entertainment provided by a Band &  DJ
  • Bake Sale
  • Food & Drinks for sale
  • Raffle with Great Prizes

Entry is Free!!

If you are interested in volunteering please contact us.  We are also looking for donations.  Donations can be monetary or goods and services such as gift certificates that can be given away as prizes in the raffle we will be holding.  Monetary donations will go towards supplies and goods to be held for sale.

Want to Volunteer, Donate or just have questions – Please contact Michael Pateman 232-4535 or email us.  

Thank you for supporting The Museum!

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