Museum of Saint Helena
The Saint Helena Museum is located in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean. On two stories, it houses a comprehensive collection covering the island's naval, military, and social history. There's also a gift and pamphlet shop, as well as a gallery for temporary exhibits.
The Saint Helena Heritage Association is in charge of the museum. It is housed in a late-18th-century stone edifice, previously the ancient power station, at the foot of Jacob's Ladder, a hillside staircase downstream of Jamestown, Saint Helena's capital. Governor David Hollamby declared it open on May 21, 2002, the one-year anniversary of the island's discovery. The museum is one of two on the island; the other is the Longwood House, where Napoleon Bonaparte lived when imprisoned in St Helena.
The St Helena Museum began in 1854 with the founding of the St Helena Museum, which had a sea snake and a pterosaur among its exhibits. Over the next century, a number of minor museums sprang up all over the island, including at Plantation House, where pieces from Napoleon's House at Longwood were displayed, and eventually the Longwood House was turned into a comprehensive museum. A genuine St Helena Museum did not begin to take shape until November 1979, when the St Helena Heritage Society was founded, and on May 23, 1980, the Heritage Society established a museum on Broadway House. The Museum's collection swelled over the next 20 years, eventually surpassing Broadway House and becoming sleazy and unmanageable.
When you come to the museum, you will be amazed at the layout and architecture here. The longer you stay in St Helena, the more drawn you will be to its history, politics, and culture. The museum then is the perfect place to soak, ponder and reflect as it has a plethora of artifacts and displays that celebrate pretty much every conceivable aspect of island life since it was discovered. appeared in the early 16th century. That is the beauty of a long history, the beauty that has been hidden for hundreds of years. That's why the Saint Helena museum deserves to be on the list of most beautiful historical sites in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
Location: Jamestown, Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
