National Archives and Museum

The 100,000 sq. ft. National Archives and Museum will contain tens of millions of pages of records of the development of Trans-Atlantic slave societies. This new institution will provide the nation’s archives with permanent protection from degradation and destruction.

The goal of the National Archives and Museum is to present the history, culture, and heritage of Barbados in a best-in-class modern institution. It will serve as a custodian of the country’s collective memory and play a crucial role in education, research, and national identity rooted in the important work of the digitizing historic records of Trans-Atlantic slave societies.

The research and educational opportunities provided by the National Archives and Museum will be limitless, ranging from collaboration with peer institutions internationally to ground-breaking advances in archival documentation fueling a new heritage economy.

It will provide galleries for changing displays of selections of the archives along with special exhibition galleries for displays developed to travel internationally and exhibitions hosted from elsewhere. Other features will include a Genealogy Institute, sculpture garden, event hall, restaurant and café, conservation laboratory, digitization centre, bookbinding studio, and classrooms.

Opening date to be announced