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The National Museum and Art Gallery is the national museum of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain on Trinidad island. [1] It is located at the top of Frederick Street, opposite the Memorial Park, and just south of the Queen's Park Savannah. The museum was established in 1892, as the Royal Victoria Institute. [2]
Mud House Museum, Avocat Village, Trinidad [3] Mundo Nuevo Museum, Tamana Mountain Chocolate, Mundo Nuevo, Trinidad; Museum of the City of Port of Spain, Fort San Andrés on South Quay, Port of Spain; Museum of the Police Service of Trinidad and Tobago, Police Headquarters, St Vincent Street, Port of Spain; Museum of Tobago History; National ...
Stark's Guide-Book and History of Trinidad including Tobago, Granada, and St. Vincent; also a trip up the Orinoco and a description of the great Venezuelan Pitch Lake. Boston: James H. Stark, publisher; London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Williams, Eric. 1964. History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago, Andre Deutsch, London.
Trinidad and Tobago is the latest nation to embrace a global movement that began in recent years to abolish colonial-era symbols as it reckons with its past and questions if and how it should ...
National Library of Trinidad and Tobago. Dunkley, Tina (2015). The Merikins: Forgotten Freedom Fighters in the War of 1812. Plain Vision. ISBN 978-0991059454. Huggins, Alfred B. (2014). The Saga of the Companies: A History of the Merikin Settlers in Trinidad. Plain Vision. ISBN 978-0991059447. Kamminga, Caitlyn; Walters, Adam (2016). River of ...
The name Laventille hearkens back to colonial times, especially when the French dominated the cultural traditions of the island. [1] One etymological derivation of the name is because the northeast trade winds come to this part of the island of Trinidad before reaching any other part of colonial Port of Spain – hence the metaphorical name "La Ventaille" ("The Vent").
The National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago is the repository for permanent records and archives of the Government as well as historical records of national significance. The beginnings of the National Archives can be traced back to the aftermath of the disastrous fire of 1903 at the Red House in Port of Spain .
Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados.