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Obsolete parts from the clock at Sessions House were handed over to the National Museum of Bermuda for preservation and possible display. The components were removed from the timepiece when its mechanism became electric. Elena Strong, the museum’s ex...

The founder and former director of the National Museum has been given an award by the oldest archaeological group in the world. Edward Harris was honoured by the Society of Antiquaries in London for his Harris Matrix and associated methods which set ...

Today marks 75 years since United States forces towed a captured German sub, U-505, into Bermuda waters under a cloak of secrecy. The U-boat was brought into the Great Sound with 57 prisoners, as well as its Enigma code encryption machines and code b...

The full scope of Bermuda’s history and heritage is to be highlighted as part of a new education strategy drawn up by the National Museum of Bermuda. Elena Strong, the executive director of the museum and a member of the committee that prepared the b...

Hundreds of people turned out for the Bermuda National Trust Palm Sunday Walk under sunny skies in the West End yesterday. Bill Zuill, the executive director of the BNT, said the annual walk was a huge success and that about 2,300 people took part. ...

Dear Sir, I am writing to commend Bill Zuill from the Bermuda National Trust, Elena Strong from the National Museum of Bermuda and their respective staffs for hosting all of us who recently came from around the world for the International National Tr...

The Bermuda National Trust hosted the first day of the Caribbean Conference of National Trusts at the World Heritage Centre in St George’s yesterday. John Rankin, the Governor and patron of the Bermuda National Trust, opened the ceremony to embrace t...

A First World War cedar box, a rare Alfred Birdsey oil painting and a hundred-year-old Minton tea set are among the prized items going under the hammer this Saturday. The Bermuda National Trust held a preview this morning for its annual auction — one...

Four Bermuda National Trust properties are featured in commemorative stamps issued by the Bermuda Post Office. Waterville in Paget, Devondale in Devonshire, Springfield in Sandys and Bridge House in St George’s are pictured on the stamps which can be...

The lives of Bermudian veterans of two world wars are to be highlighted as part of a research project. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which cares for military cemeteries around the world, said it wanted to include service personnel from the ...

The National Museum of Bermuda is opening its doors for free to all Bermuda residents throughout February. Residents will be admitted to the popular Dockyard centre with proof of residency such as a driver’s licence or utility bill. The museum, which...

Cabinet Office minister Walton Brown revealed yesterday that the Government has not found the money for a Commission of Inquiry into “land grabs” and property theft, nor has it asked Britain to pay for one. Mr Brown, who first proposed an inquiry and...