Meet the Team: Nasaria Suckoo Chollette (Education Coordinator)
I was inspired to pursue a career in museum education because I want to help ensure that Caymanian traditions, cultural practices, skills, and heritage are properly documented, preserved, and shared with future generations. As we continue to lose many of our cultural practitioners, it is more important than ever to record their knowledge and pass…
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Behind the Scenes: What Museum Curators Do
The word curator is one of the most overused and misunderstood professional titles today. People now “curate” playlists, menus, and Instagram feeds, reducing the term to the selection and organisation of content. In museums, however, curatorship is much more. Derived from the Latin word curare, meaning “to care,” the term refers fundamentally to stewardship. A curator has a…
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Meet the Intern: Jaeda-Lee Pindling
Tell us a little about yourself and your role at the Museum. Hello! I am Jaeda-Lee Pindling, an intern at the Cayman Islands National Museum. I am currently stationed in the gift shop where I provide general supervision for the museum, assist guests with queries, guide them through the museum and complete sales and several…
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What is archaeology anyways?
By Lottie Gray, BA, MA Volunteer archaeologist at the Cayman Islands National Museum From Indiana Jones to Rick O’Connell, pop culture is full of swashbuckling adventurers who battle their way through jungles and deserts in the name of archaeology. Facing off against long-buried curses and angry local populations, they ‘rescue’ priceless artefacts and bring them…
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New exhibition on slavery and emancipation in the Cayman Islands to open at the National Museum
The Cayman Islands National Museum is pleased to announce the opening of its newest exhibition, Freedoms Imagined; Freedoms Won: Long Celia & Elizabeth Jane Trusty, opening to the public on Friday, 1 May 2026. The exhibition is based on the research and scholarship of Dr. Roy Murray, with Mr. Brian Watler Jr. serving as lead…
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National Museum and National Trust Conducts Archaeological Investigation of the Historic Louise Llewellyn House Topsoil site
Following the relocation of the historic Llewellyn house in George Town, concerned members of the public reached out to the Cayman Islands National Museum and National Trust for the Cayman Islands to query whether any archaeological investigations were conducted or planned at the site already cleared for development. No current legislation in the Cayman Islands…
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