Guyana National Museum
Guyana National Museum is a museum in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. It was established on 13 February 1868. Many of the museum's artifacts have been there for more than fifty years, like the Pork-knocker, which has been on display for over sixty years.Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Georgetown. Guyana
- Address: North Road
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Georgetown City Hall and Georgetown Cenotaph.
Georgetown City Hall
Town hall
Photo: JukoFF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgetown City Hall is a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival building located on the corner of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown, Guyana. Georgetown City Hall is situated 270 metres south of Guyana National Museum.
Georgetown Cenotaph
Monument
The Georgetown Cenotaph is a war memorial in Georgetown, Guyana, located at the junction of Main and Church Streets.
St. George’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana. The church is of Gothic Revival timber construction and reaches a height of 43.5 metres. St. George’s Cathedral is situated 250 metres east of Guyana National Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stabroek and Providence.
Stabroek
Neighborhood
Stabroek is a ward in the centre of Georgetown, Guyana, having previously been the old name of the wider city itself, between 1784 and 1812.
Providence
Hamlet
Providence is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica Region of Guyana, on the east bank of the Demerara River, located at, altitude 1 metre. Providence is approximately 10 kilometres south of the capital, Georgetown. Providence is situated 6 km south of Guyana National Museum.
Plaisance
Town
Plaisance is a village in Guyana between Better Hope and Goedverwagting. It was purchased by freed slaves from cattle farmer A J Watershodt for $39,000 after the abolition of slavery in 1838. Plaisance is situated 8 km east of Guyana National Museum.
Guyana National Museum
- Categories: national museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, South America
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Latitude
6.81344° or 6° 48′ 48″ northLongitude
-58.16573° or 58° 9′ 57″ westOpen location code
68R3RR7M+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 404434852OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2586282
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Guyana National Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գայանայի ազգային թանգարան”
- Chinese: “圭亚那国家博物馆”
- Chinese: “蓋亞那國家博物館”
- Russian: “Национальный музей Гайаны”
- Spanish: “Museo nacional de Guyana”
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