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On Sunday, October 15,
2006, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, The Most Hon. Portia
Simpson-Miller will officially open the Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Multimedia Museum. The product of three years of hard work; this is
the first and only museum on Marcus Garvey in the world and the
first multimedia museum in Jamaica, employing the use of interactive
touch screens. The debut exhibition is titled: “Marcus
Garvey: The Movement and the Philosophy.” Visitors are able
to stand at a touch screen and, at the touch of a finger, access
over three hours of information on Marcus Garvey in the form of
video, audio, text and photographs. In our small theatre section,
visitors may also view films on Marcus Garvey, and African history
and culture. Soon we will put on display, our collection of Garvey
artifacts, which include actual pages from The Blackman and
The New Jamaican newspapers edited by Garvey in Jamaica and
Marcus Garvey’s walking stick. The museum has been open to the
public since August 17, 2006, Marcus Garvey’s 119th
birthday. Over one hundred persons have visited it so far and the
numbers will rise as the word spreads.
The Marcus
Mosiah Garvey Multimedia museum is open from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
from Mondays to Fridays. Large groups may call: 948-8639/40 or
e-mail us at
libertyhall@cwjamaica.com
to schedule tours. Admission is 100 dollars per adult and 40
dollars for senior citizens and children.
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