Our Mission Statement
Through our dynamic programmes, exhibits and collections, the National Museum is the living connection to Cayman's past; we ensure that future generations have the opportunity to experience our island's unique natural and cultural heritage.
FEATURED EXHIBIT
The Resilience of Cayman: Surviving Hurricane Ivan
Through May 2025
An exhibition dedicated to one of the most powerful and devastating storms in the history of the Caribbean. On September 11, 2004, Hurricane Ivan, a ferocious Category 5 storm, unleashed its full fury on Grand Cayman. This exhibition chronicles the harrowing events before, during, and after the hurricane, highlighting the island's extraordinary resilience in the face of overwhelming destruction.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Speaker Series: ​Writing Our Own History: Community Co-Authorship and Space of Translation Within and Beyond the Institution
Friday, 28 February 2025 (6:00-8:00pm)
Join us for the first lecture in our 2025 Speaker Series, a collaborative event with the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, featuring Kerri-Anne Chisholm (Curator, Visual Artist, and PhD Candidate) and William Helfrecht (Collections Curator, National Gallery Cayman Islands). Their talk, "Writing Our Own History: Community Co-Authorship and Spaces of Translation Within and Beyond the Institution," explores how communities shape their own narratives through art, storytelling, and shared spaces.
Ensuring that future generations have the opportunity to experience our island's unique natural and cultural heritage.
