Our gift shop has just received a great new shipment of Dune Jewelry. Made with sand from Governor’s Beach the new collections are breathtaking. We are the exclusive agents for Dune Jewelry in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Starfish Bangle has matching earrings and necklace

Bangle collection

Bottle stopper

The starfish bangle (pictured) has a matching necklace and earrings. New bangles include a dome in two styles and a heart. To “top” things off, how about a wine stopper…filled with sand from Governor’s beach.

If you would like to purchase any of our items email info@tcmuseum.org. We can mail to the USA, with a credit card payment. Get a special island gift for a friend or that memento you missed during your visit.

On Tuesday March 10, 2015 students and faculty from the Susanna Wesley Christian Academy visited the Grand Turk campus. Fred Glinton showed the 45 students throughout the first floor of the Museum and then the group toured the new exhibits upstairs. They also spent time in the garden, learning about water resourcefulness and proper planting in harsh climates. After an interesting lesson on mangroves the students headed back to their school with mangrove coloring books provided by the Museum. Kudo’s to the students who were very well behaved.

Fred Glinton talks to students from the Susanna Wesley Christian Academy

With our all new exhibits and recent “facelift” we decided to reconfigure the shop, making the books easier to see and browse.

There are TCI history and slave history section, a cookbook and craft section and a dive/ocean section and a bird section!
New ornaments and key chains with a nautical theme to go with our new exhibits. We have some new charms, key chains, and ornaments to go with our new exhibits.

They’ll make great stocking suffers or a fun memento of your visit. Come by, say hello, and see what else is new in the gift shop!

By Pat Saxton, Director

The antique tele box being placed with the help of Olympic Construction, Seamus Day and Neil Saxton.

On this past Wednesday evening Seamus called to tell me could deliver the UK phone booth Friday morning! Great news…but…where to put it? Fortunately, Neil Saxton knew exactly what to do and got to work leveling the space between the donkey cart and the flag pole in front of the Museum. First job was to pull out all the aloe plants (aloe, aloe, aloe ..some (UK) Dr. Who humor).

Luckily we had some new pavers left over so they were put down, leveled and then filled in with soil. On Friday morning the Olympic sky track came with the phone booth, after a bit of maneuvering it was gently put into place. It weighs about 500 pounds and is cast iron. Most of the hard work to restore has been done by sandblasting, so now we just have to get some replacement glass, cherry red tele paint, and telephone window signs. Then wait for a visit from …. Dr. Who!

All it needs is paint, glass, and signs. Stop by the museum and see our newest attraction.

Jill Beckingham, Governor Peter Beckingham’s wife, has helped to raise more than $25,000 for charity by walking more than 100km across the Turks and Caicos Islands. Scores of residents, young and old, joined Mrs. Beckingham during her Footsteps4Good walk across five of the country’s six inhabited islands.

Mrs. Jill Beckingham with Footsteps4Good supporters and participants. Photo courtesy Turks & Caicos Weekly News

And it was all for a great cause as walkers and supporters pledged thousands for their favorite TCI charity while getting fit and having fun in the process.

The walk began in Grand Turk on October 25, then onto South Caicos, Middle and North Caicos, Salt Cay, ending on Providenciales on October 31. On Saturday, November 1, Mrs. Beckingham finished with a major walk and run organized by Provo Road Runners from IGA to Blue Haven in Leeward.

The Museum collected $1,737.00 in donations from the walk! Thank you Mrs. Beckingham!

A new set of guides to bird watching in the TCI were unveiled at the Providenciales, Grace Bay branch of the Turks & Caicos National Museum on July 12, 2014. The guides are designed to help extend the TCI’s tourism offer year round, especially on its less populated islands. They were jointly created by the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF) and the TCI National Museum.  Read more about it at: https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/birding-guides-to-extend-turks-and-caicos-islands-visitor-season

The new wise water garden exhibit demonstrates rainwater harvesting from roofs, garden irrigation and use of native and other medicinal plants adapted to local conditions at the Museum’s historically accurate recreation of a typical 1800s Caicos family dwelling. The new exhibit was featured at a grand opening on June 12, at the Providenciales branch of the Turks & Caicos National Museum.  To read more about it https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/wise-water-garden-opens-at-turks-and-cacios-national-museum

Brian Naqqi Manco explaining the “three sisters” crop system used by both the original Taino Indian inhabitants and again in the post-plantation era.

Breaking News!

The Turks and Caicos National Museum ( TCNM), in cooperation with the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF) have been awarded a $55,000 Leadership Grant through the Royal Bank of Canada Blue Water Project.

Type of Grant: Leadership Grant

Project: Restoring Water Capture and Use in Turks & Caicos with Model Gardens and Raising Awareness of Wise Water Use

The Turks and Caicos National Museum in partnership with the UKOTCF, Department of Maritime Affairs (DEMA) and the Agricultural Department will be using these funds to show visitors to the Caicos Heritage House in Providenciales the importance of rain collection both today and before “city water”.  This site currently in development, will demonstrate rainwater harvesting, garden irrigation and use of native planting.

The TCNM Grand Turk will be using part of this grant for signage to demonstrate how the Guinep House, Science Building and Botanical and Cultural Garden use only harvested rain water and recycled air conditioning run off for its gardens, toilets and cleaning.

Project will be showcased at the Royal Bank of Canada’s Blue Water Day in June 2014