West Indies

Art & Culture : Museums

SAINT-KITTS & NEVIS

Philatelic Office.

A few steps away from the Tourist Office, this bureau is paradise itself for philatelists, with a wide choice of commemorative envelopes.

Museum of Nevis History.

Box 563 (to the north, slightly off the seaside) Tel : (869) 469 5789. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Entrance fee: 5 US$ (12 EC$), the price includes access to the Haratio Nelson Museum. The building itself is a stone edifice, severely simple in style, maintained by the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society. History, culture and natural heritage of Alexander Hamilton’s island are exhibited within its walls. (Hamilton, first Secretary of Treasury of the United States of America was born in Nevis in 1757.) The first museum hosts the archives and library of the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society, and the legislative branch of the island’s government holds its sessions in the meeting room on the first floor. If you are interested in the life of Alexander Hamilton, his father’s house can be tracked down in the higher districts of Charlestown (Upper Government Road).

ST EUSTATIUS

History Museum :

Oranjestad Town. An 18th century colonial mansion.