The Dominica Museum is the national museum of Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It is located in the capital, Roseau, on a quay in front of the Old Market of Roseau, which was the centre for slave trading during colonial times.[1] Its building was formerly an old market building and a post office dating to 1810.[2]
Dominica's most notable historian, Lennox Honychurch, has been responsible for much of the museum.[3] The Dominica Museum contains general items related to the cultural and social history and geology and archeology of Dominica.[4] These include old photographs, photographs and portraits of past rulers, colonial furniture, including a chair and old cabinet and a barometer, specimens of birds and fishes, colonial agricultural items and indigenous cultural articles including the Pwi pwi, a miniature form of raft, a replica of a Carib hut and Arawak pottery and tools.[5] [6] [7] Of note are some stone axes, some of them reaching 9 inches in length.[8] The museums also contains displays related to the Volcanology of the island, and artifacts related to the early settlers also include oars, domestic implements, wooden figurines and old musical instruments.[6]