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07/16/2025

Celebrating my 5th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

01/29/2025

The 2024 Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society is here! Volume LXX: December 2024 captures seminal moments that have shaped our history. This edition offers thought-provoking insights, sparking discussion for both casual historians and academics alike.

Available now in our museum shop—don’t miss the opportunity to own this invaluable addition to your collection. Visit us today and secure your copy!

Up-to-date Museum Members are specially invited to collect their complimentary copy of the Journal at their convenience from the Museum Shop.

For more information please contact us at 538-0201 or info@barbmuse.org.bb.

10/05/2024

Peer and Gall Lineage of Barbados.

Available at the Barbados Museum – A True & Exact History of the Gall Family of the island of Barbados!

Dive into the fascinating legacy of the Gall family, one of the island’s earliest recorded lineages. Starting with Andrew Gall’s marriage to Mary Peers in 1672, their story spans centuries. The family’s roots can be traced from the 1715 census to the 1970s.

Don’t miss out on this remarkable historical account – grab your copy today!

Want a sneak peek into the Gall family history with David O’Carrroll? Watch here:
https://youtu.be/5RyqXqeyPeg?si=skzBXBjNzTvA3PNR

09/22/2023

Stowe Prize

07/31/2023

ICYMI

Alabama Creek Territory!

WHY FRENCH AMARYCA MCGILLIVRAY REMAINED A CONCERN FOR THE U.S. UNTIL SHE RELOCATED TO THE NEWLY OPENED CHOCTAW LANDS IN M.S. JUST BEFORE 1840...

03/28/2023

Join us on Saturday, April 15 at 11am for our virtual 2023 Descendants Day programming! We are so thrilled to feature keynote speaker Nicka Sewell-Smith.

Nicka Smith is a host, consultant, and documentarian with more than 20 years of experience as a genealogist. She has extensive experience in researching the enslaved and their communities and is a valued expert in genealogy research along the Mississippi Delta. Nicka has diverse and varied experience in media with a background in audio, video, and written communications. She's appeared on TODAY Show, CNN, MSNBC, was featured on an Emmy winning episode of the series Who Do You Think You Are, and has been interviewed by Oakland Tribune, The Undefeated, National Geographic, and TIME. She is the host of BlackProGen LIVE, an innovative web show with more than 130 episodes focused on people of color genealogy and family history.

To register, visit: https://descendantsuva.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/descendantsuva/event.jsp?event=2921&

11/22/2022

Archival accessibility and the illumination of hidden histories are core values of our collections digitization plan at the Stowe Center. We are delighted to share the new Freedman's Bureau Search Portal from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a free, searchable database of Freedman's Bureau data. We eagerly anticipate the pieces of history this incredible project will help put together. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/freedmens-bureau

Please look for the Center’s pilot digital exhibits highlighting other hidden histories, coming in January!

08/01/2022

The History of the Crop Over Festival in Barbados is linked to plantation life and its earliest reference was recorded in 1798 at Newton Plantation.

As the sugar industry declined from the nineteenth century and tourism became the primary economic driver in Barbados, some aspects of this plantation life waned; however, it was reintroduced as a national festival of Barbados less than half a decade after the island became independent. It is now integral to the island’s national and cultural identity.

If you are interested in learning more about the Crop Over Festival pick up a copy of the 2021 Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society when we reopen on Wednesday, August 3rd. This Did You Know segment has been adapted by ‘The Crop Over Festival’ by Allison O Ramsay. Happy Crop Over weekend everyone!

06/20/2022

06/02/2022