Museum of African Heritage

The Museum of African Heritage is a museum in Bel Air, Georgetown, Guyana, "created by the Government of Guyana to collect, preserve, exhibit, research art and artifacts relating to Africa and the African experience in Guyana".[1][2] It was founded in 1985, with the African Art collections of Hubert H Nicholson and Desiree Malik.[3][4] The art collection has since expanded to contain Caribbean art, along with more African art. The museum also has a detailed history of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion, along with artifacts celebrating notable Afro-Guyanese men and women.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Museum of African Heritage - The Cooperative Republic of Guyana". Facebook. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  2. ^ Peretz, Jeremy Jacob (19 June 2018). "Inherited "Ancestors' Collections" of a Devoted Curator: The Museum of African Heritage in Georgetown, Guyana". Karib – Nordic Journal for Caribbean Studies. 4 (1). doi:10.16993/karib.39. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Portal de la Cultura de América Latina y el Caribe". unesco.org. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  4. ^ Alleyne, Oluatoyin (1 August 2013). "The Museum of African Heritage...Keeping the cultural history alive". Stabroek News. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Guyana Museum of African Heritage". media noire. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

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