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4/14/2015 
MOBILE PHOTO EXHIBITION TO BRING GRENADIANS ‘BACK IN TI...  
For Grenada’s first Heritage Month celebration, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and the National Museum is collaborating to bring Grenadians ‘back in time’ through a mobile exhibition of photos dating back to the early 18th century. Mr. Thomas Matthew, Chief Cultural Officer at the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, told the Government Information Service on Thursday that the activity aims to present Grenada’s history to all age groups in an interactive and visual way. “We decided to do a photo exhibition that would give the public an idea of the way things were, in terms of physical structure; how things have changed; and help them identify locations and their historical significance,” Mr. Matthew said. The flagship heritage activity will pay a one-day visit to each of the parishes, including Carriacou, and will be open for viewing from 9:00 am. to 8:00 pm. Museum personnel and Culture officials will be present at each site to present vivid explanations of the various historical occurrences and images depicted. “We are hoping that various schools will come in during the day and when persons come from work that they will come and see the exhibition as well”. Mr. Matthew said the displays around the country will feature a special mount that will showcase what the hosting parish looked like in the yesteryears. “So for instance, in St. David’s we will have pictures specific to the parish. So, people can see what Requin Bay looked like and some of the buildings that were there,” he said. “People will be able to see how the landscape has changed as well as the modes of dress and ethnicity back then”. “Our intention is to drive the population’s interest in our history and heritage on a whole, and once that is achieved, we will then design what can be done for the upcoming Heritage Months,” Mr. Matthew said. The Mobile Exhibition activity begins exactly one day after the National Museum’s 39th anniversary. Source: gov.gd
 

 


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Minister of culture and your Heritage day celebration Team ,may i say that this is a brilliant idea,except to say that some of the past photos that you will be exhibiting will show not much change for way back then to our current situation in some parts of our country,i say this because i do believe that it all well and good talking about change ,but please leave the -SPINS-out for if one goes around grenada you will see that there has not been much change,take for example some parts of even the back streets of St.Georges,St.John,St Marks,you guys will see that there is not much changes from way back then to present day ,oh i guess you might show some of the old plantations Estates and their victorian houses the way they were compared to what it is like today ,but that is just make overs for our visiting Tourists.
80By: Gabe
4/15/2015 8:06:12 AM
I think you should wait and see what the " Heratige Day Celebration Team" have in store for the viewers before you rant that the photos will not show much change. How would you know? My father always told us children that if we don't have anything good to say that we should say "nothing". Silence is sometimes golden.
By: Nada
5/4/2015 3:56:09 AM
Ms or Mrs Nada,welcome to the forum and hey i note your comment,but tell me did your father always say that you should say what you see or do you only speak when your father tells you to speak ,also when was the last time you took a visiting tour of grenada and take-in what you see,mind you it is fair to say that by you quoting your father means that you may not be old enough to remember some of Grenada History of the past ,like the old plantation estates where our women folks were seen trampling the cocoa,or our men folks cutting canes and if you would like to see some i can send you photos,so my dear i am all for telling it as it is as my mum taught me to do so that the youths of today can see and witness what is was like growing up in a Real Grenada of old and not a glossy to please photo shoot.Bless
By: gabe
5/13/2015 8:49:12 AM