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Museum of Belize

Name: Museum of Belize
Address: Gabourel Lane-Fort George area
City/Town/Village: Belize City District: Belize Country: Belize
Phone: 223 4524   Fax: Phone #2:
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Description: The Museum of Belize occupies a former Belize City prison building, converted in 2002. It would be a crime to miss Her Majesty's Prison on Gabourel Lane in the Fort George area. Built in 1857 to guard hapless criminals, converted in 2002 to guard national treasures, this first Museum of Belize recounts the fascinating history of Belize City and displays the country's rich cultural heritage.
At the new museum's official dedication ceremony, Prime Minister Said Musa told the attendees, "The idea of a Museum of Belize is as old as the struggle for our freedom and independence".
Permanent collections include Maya masterpieces from the epoch 600BC to AD1500. The most amazing exhibit is a replica of the largest carved jade head ever found in the Maya World, discovered at the ancient city of Altun Ha in 1968 by archaeologist David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum. other engrossing displays include a jade pendant from the Maya city of Caracol, a beautiful jade necklace, amazing flint weapons, and intricate pottery.
Rotating exhibits include postage stamps from the Belize Philatelic Bureau, commemorating various fruits, orchards, birds, animals, and the 1937 coronation of King George VI; hundreds of Belizean insects, collected over 40 years by Belizean Meg Craig and her kids; and a collection of brilliant orange, green, violet, red, and iridescent blue morpho butterflies.
In touch with it's own past, the museum retains one restored cell to give visitors a glimpse of prison life in the 19th and 20th centuries. It opens 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, US$5. 
 
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