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The Bermuda National Trust has embarked on a major renovation project to restore one of the Island’s oldest homes. The historic Springfield property, with its spectacular cedar porch and picturesque buttery in Sandys, dates back to the 1740s when it ...

Four historic cannon dating back to 1834 have been shipped to Bermuda from the UK and installed at the entrance to the National Museum. The 32-pounder matching guns and their original cast-iron carriages had previously been part of a private collecti...

The National Museum in Dockyard has made the Traveller’s Choice list of the top ten museums in the Caribbean for the second year in succession. Last year the museum placed third in the list, while this year it came in sixth and attracted hundreds of ...

An historic album of spectacular watercolour paintings of Bermuda dating back nearly 150 years has been donated to the National Museum. The pictures by Alice Fanshawe — who was on the Island while her father Sir Edward Fanshawe was the Admiral of the...

If you’ve read Dr Seuss, you know Tish Rabe. She’s written or adapted the late author’s books since 1996. Her popular Oh, Baby, the Places You’ll Go! is part of The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library, a series of non-fiction science books for early r...

A surprise placement among the top “island museums” has been bestowed on the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art by the popular newspaper USA Today. In an article on August 21, Bermuda’s unconventional gallery was ranked alongside Jamaica’s Bob Marley ...

Young Observer gave the Youth Library summer campers a tour of The Royal Gazette on Tuesday. The students wished to share some great reads for their peers and even at their young age had some suggestions for our leaders to focus on. Marla Smith, You...

Mark Twain is as inextricably linked with the emergence of modern Bermuda as he is with the Mississippi River, whitewashing fences and fixed frog-jumping contests. His first book Innocents Abroad, a buoyant and beguiling non-fiction account of an ear...

Two historic Bermuda train carriages could have been rediscovered at a railway workshop in Guyana more than half a century after they left the Island. The two freight railcars along with all the rolling stock and most of the rails were sent to Guyana...

Elena Strong has been appointed the new deputy director of the National Museum. Ms Strong will continue to work in her previous capacity as curator but officially took over her new role on June 18. “We are extremely fortunate to have Elena take on th...

That thing that happens when your child passes an entire summer without picking up a book has an actual name. The Bermuda National Library calls it the “summer slide” and recommends their reading challenge as the perfect antidote. Local children who ...

The Bermuda National Library will be holding its first Summer Reading Programme Launch Party on June 27 from 11am-3pm. Join them as they celebrate stories told through music and spoken word. Enjoy food, fun castles, entertainment and sign up to Read ...