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Barbados Museum & Historical Society

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Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Phone:
+1 246-427-0201

Hours:
Sunday2pm - 6pm
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


Bridgetown is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as The City, but the most common reference is simply Town. As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000. The Bridgetown port, found along Carlisle Bay lies on the southwestern coast of the island. Parts of the Greater Bridgetown area , sit close to the borders of the neighbouring parishes Christ Church and St. James. The Grantley Adams International Airport for Barbados, is located 16 kilometres southeast of Bridgetown city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. While there is no longer local municipal government, it is governed as a political constituency within the national Parliament. During the short-lived 1950s-1960s Federation of the British West Indian Territories, Bridgetown was one of three capital cities within the region being considered to be the Federal capital of region.The present day location of the city was established by English settlers in 1628 following a prior settlement under the authority of Sir William Courten at St. James Town. Bridgetown is a major West Indies tourist destination, and the city acts as an important financial, informatics, convention centre, and cruise ship port of call in the Caribbean region. On 25 June 2011, Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison were added as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO.
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