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Museums Attractions In Kingston Parish

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Kingston is one of the 14 Parishes of Jamaica. Together with neighboring St. Andrew Parish, it makes up the amalgamated Municipal Unit of Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. The city of Kingston is the parish and national capital. Kingston Parish is 25 km² in area, with a population of 89,057 at the 2011 census. The area consists of numerous neighborhoods, mainly downtown Kingston, but also Tivoli Gardens, Denham Town, Rae Town, Kingston Gardens, National Heroes Park, Bournemouth Gardens, Norman Gardens, Rennock Lodge, Springfield and Port Royal, along with portions of Rollington Town, Franklyn Town and Allman Town.Kingston is only bordered by Saint ...
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Museums Attractions In Kingston Parish

  • 1. National Gallery Kingston
    The National Gallery of Jamaica, in Kingston, Jamaica, is Jamaica's public art museum. It was established in 1974 and is located in the Kingston Mall, a commercial and cultural center on Kingston harbour. The National Gallery of Jamaica also has a branch in Montego Bay, National Gallery West. The gallery houses several important works, mostly by artists from Jamaica, including John Dunkley, Mallica Kapo Reynolds, Albert Artwell, Cecil Baugh, Albert Huie, Carl Abrahams, Margaret Chen, Petrona Morrison, Hope Brooks, and Edna Manley. The National Gallery also exhibits works by various international artists and traveling exhibitions. It offers research material on Jamaican art and cultur e, and coordinates educational programmes.
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  • 2. Trench Town Culture Yard Kingston
    Trench Town is a neighborhood located in the parish of St. Andrew which shares municipality with Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica. In the 1960s Trench Town was known as the Hollywood of Jamaica. Today Trench Town is the location of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a National Heritage Site presenting the unique history and contribution of Trench Town to Jamaica. Trench Town is the birthplace of rocksteady and reggae music, as well as the home of reggae and Rastafari ambassador Bob Marley. The neighborhood gets its name from its previous designation as Trench Pen, 400 acres of land once used for livestock by Daniel Power Trench, an Irish immigrant of the 18th century . The Trench family abandoned the land in the late 19th century. Trench Town is home to the communities o...
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  • 3. Institute of Jamaica Kingston
    The Institute of Jamaica , founded in 1879, is the country's most significant cultural, artistic and scientific organisation: a patron and promoter of the arts in Jamaica, sponsoring exhibitions and awards. It is also the country's museums authority, as well as administering other national arts and cultural outlets including the National Gallery, the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica, and the Jamaica Journal.
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  • 4. Peter Tosh Museum Kingston
    Peter Tosh, OM was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers , after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion.
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