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The National Cultural Centre is the premier auditorium for cultural presentations in Georgetown, Guyana. It is on Homestretch Avenue, in D’Urban Park (south of the Botanical Gardens). It hosts theatre, music, and dance [1] as well as other events.
Guyanese culture reflects the influence of Indian, African, Amerindian, British, Portuguese, Chinese, Creole, and Dutch cultures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Guyana is part of the mainland Caribbean region. Guyanese culture shares a continuum with the cultures of islands in the West Indies .
The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology is a museum of anthropology in Georgetown, Guyana and claims to be the oldest such museum in the English-speaking Caribbean region. It was established in 1974, but not opened to the public until 1982. It is located at 61 Main Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown. [1]
61 Main Street, North Cummings burg, Georgetown Castellani House / National Gallery of Art Vlissengen Road & Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown The Museum of African Heritage [1] 13 Barima Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown John Campbell Police Museum Headquarters of Guyana Police, Eve Leary Compound, Georgetown The Rupununi Weavers Society Museum at ...
Guyana National Museum is a museum in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana. It was established on 13 February 1868. [ 1 ] The idea of starting a museum was conceived by members of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society (RACS) of British Guiana .
The National Archives of Guyana were founded in 1958. They were originally located in a building on Main Street. [4]In 1982, the Government of Guyana passed the National Archives of Guyana Act, which made the National Archives a department of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, and the archivist an officer-in-charge with duty to report to the ministry.
Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in Demerara-Mahaica , region 4, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, at the mouth of the Demerara River . It is nicknamed the "Garden City of the Caribbean."
Guyana Farewell: A Recollection of Childhood in a Faraway Place. New York: N. Bacchus. ISBN 978-0-962-41921-8. LCCN 96102460. Colchester, Marcus (1997). Guyana: Fragile Frontier. London: Latin American Bureau. ISBN 978-0-85345-971-2. Young, Matthew French (1998). Guyana, The Lost El Dorado: a Report on My Work and Life Experiences in Guyana ...