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    The Museum of Saint Helena, Jamestown, Saint Helena



    The Museum of Saint Helena.


    The museum is managed by the Saint Helena Heritage Society. It is housed in a late-18th-century stone building, formerly the old power station, at the foot of the hillside stairway, Jacob’s Ladder, in lower Jamestown, Saint Helena’s capital.

    It was officially opened on 21 May 2002, the quincentennial anniversary of the island’s discovery.

    The museum is one of two on the island, the other being Longwood House, the house that Napoleon Bonaparte stayed in during his incarceration on St Helena. It has a variety of exhibits on the island's history and natural history. (Wikipedia, Wikivoyage)



    Napoleon's place of exile.


    Museum opening hours: 10am to 4pm. Mon - Fri./Sat 10am to 12pm.




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