|
Located on Gabourel Lane in Belize City,
just behind the Central Bank Building is the newly established
Museum of Belize. Housed in what was once the City Prison,
the Museum of Belize is now proud resident of a two-story
building whose original bricks and mortar were laid in the
mid-1800’s. Fully renovated in 2002, the Museum opened
its doors to the public. For a small entrance fee, visitors
are transported into a world of ancient Mayan artifacts,
encrusted in tales of a lost civilization and evidence of
a rich cultural heritage that lives on; and this is only
the top floor! A short flight of stairs will transport visitors
to the first floor where signs of the building’s history
are revealed through the tour of actual jail cells (where
claustrophobic-stricken residents would have had the worse
time in the unimaginably small chambers); rows of ancient
sepia and black and white photos line the walls telling
the interesting tale of the City’s history and development;
and quite unsettling, is the torn and battered Belize Flag
that was recovered after terrorists attacks on the World
Trade Center.
|
Places nearby: 
Interests:
