Museum of Belize explained

Museum of Belize
Map Type:Belize
Location:Belize City, Belize
Type:History museum

The Museum of Belize is an art and history museum in Belize City, Belize.

History

Built between 1854 and 1857[1] as a Her Majesty’s Prison while the area was still a British colony, it was a replacement for a wooden prison nearby. It was the Belize City Prison until 1993, when prisoners were then transferred to the Hattieville Prison[2]

In 2002, it was restored and renovated into a national museum.

Exhibitions

It features exhibits on slavery in Belize including a timeline, information about slave revolts and communities of escaped slaves (maroons), Maya artifacts and explores some 3,000 years of Maya history, the prison's history, colonial life, natural history, visual arts, and cultural exhibits of the many ethnic groups of the nation.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-02-10 . Inside Her Majesty's Prison with Bernard Adolphus . 2022-11-06 . Amandala Newspaper . en-US.
  2. Web site: 3 Feb 2011 . Museum of Belize celebrates 9th Anniversary . 2022-11-06 . Channel 5 Belize . en-US.
  3. Web site: Wu . Angela . The Museum of Belize . Belizing.com . 17 November 2023.