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Commissioner’s House in Dockyard has been officially reopened nearly two years after the old structure sustained major structural damage in back-to-back hurricanes. Michael Dunkley conducted an official roof wetting yesterday afternoon by pouring rum...

Volunteers from two local firms recently lent a hand at the National Museum of Bermuda, helping to preserve 25 historical cannon. Despite the bad weather, teams from Aon Benfield Bermuda and KRyS Global — about 35 volunteers in all — went to the muse...

A celebratory fundraiser marking the reopening of the Commissioner’s House at the National Museum of Bermuda has been deemed a huge success by organisers. Elena Strong, curator at the museum, said yesterday: “The evening was a great success in celebr...

Author Ian Fleming once said his fictional secret agent James Bond was “a highly romanticised version of the true spy. The real thing … is Sir William Stephenson,” the Canadian-born espionage chieftain who ran a major Second World War intelligence op...

A shipwreck discovered off the coast of North Carolina could be a Confederate blockade runner that ran perilous journeys between Bermuda and the United States. The iron-hulled steamer was found at the end of last month off a beach near Wilmington, ac...

For Dana Simmons, walking in her father’s military footsteps more than 70 years later proved a deeply moving experience. Lieutenant Donald Wight Giddings was stationed in Bermuda between 1943 and 1944 to train soldiers bound for the Second World War ...

Kind-hearted volunteers have unearthed a small piece of Casemates history that has not been seen in a half-century. The 12-strong crew from Fat Tire Massive spent a day digging out the original steps that led up to the old prison in Dockyard. The old...

Children can have fun while learning about maritime history thanks to the launch of the National Museum of Bermuda’s Playhouse. The whimsical exhibit offers 15 interactive stations to try — from “Hey, That’s Not My Head!” to “The Mutoscope”. It is h...

The National Museum has embarked on a major campaign to raise more than $2.5 million to help maintain and improve some of the oldest buildings in Dockyard. The “Raise the Roof” drive was launched just before Hurricane Joaquin caused further damage to...

The Island’s first hurricane of the season has been ranked a lucky miss, with relatively few reports of property damage taken by insurers. Joaquin had moved 185 miles north of the Island by noon yesterday, leaving Bermuda battered but spared the deva...

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 ...