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MUSEUM GIFT SHOP

    The

Best

Gift Shop

in

Town!

 

A small gift shop displaying local crafts was enlarged and redecorated in December 2001 and now displays art and hand made craft work by fifty local Antiguans providing a valuable economic back bone for the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda.

Among the items for sale are:

The Shop is open during Museum hours, 8.30 am to 4 pm weekdays and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturdays in the Museum building on the corner of Market and Long Streets, St. John's, Antigua.

 

ANTIQUE REPLICATED CHILDREN'S CHAIRS  

The GIFT SHOP has copies of hand made by renowned Antiguan furniture maker George Pigott which sell for $400 EC/$150US.   They are a folding mahogany chair with cane seat - an item destined to become an antique.

 

REPRODUCED MAP OF ANTIGUA

The Museum has recently reproduced a map of Antigua surveyed in1933. It is of special interest to researchers of the sugar industry in the 20th century. Putting this map together with the new book “Antigua Then: Scenes from a West Indian Childhood” by Margaret Lockett, much can be learnt about this period of Antigua’s history. The map’s inscription is as follows:

 

“Map of the island of Antigua BWI respectfully dedicated to George Moody-Stuart CBE, Chairman of the Antigua St. Kitts Sugar factory as a mark of esteem and appreciation for his valuable work in connection with the Sugar Industry and general advancement of the island by Alex. A. Camacho M. Inst. B. E., late Sub-Inspector, Construction, Naval Station, St. Thomas, Virgin islands USA, December 31st 1933.”

 

The sugar estates are marked thereon complete with ownership, for instance we learn that R.A.L. Warneford owned Yeptons; Jacob Martin, De Witts (near Gray’s Hill); J.S. Macdonald, Judges, Giles Blizzards, and Green Island; George W. Tonge, Cherry Hill and so on.

 

Not only are estates marked, but also some of the leading residences, C. Pigott owned The Cottage (at Potters Village); E.H. Lake, Avon Dale (near Cedar Grove); Mary Athill, Hill House; and Douglas Ross, Mayfields to mention just a few. 

All the estates and residences marked are now entered on the Museum’s database of historical people, so combining with other maps published throughout the centuries it is possible to trace ‘spot ownership’ throughout time.

 

The map and book may be purchased in the Museum’s Gift Shop. Do pass in and see all the other items of historical interest next time you are in town!

 

 

Satellite photograph of Antigua from 423 miles in space! Amazing clarity. With a magnifying glass much more detail could be seen. Inspect it today and buy.

11"x14"   matted  US$75

23.5x 17" framed US$190.