national museum and art gallery

The museum has more history and culture than art - the history very well explained via pictures and tools, art not so much. The one art room on ground floor has paintings of local culture and upstairs is a contemporary art gallery.

This small museum is worthwhile if you are interested in local history. What really makes this museum a must see stop is the gallery of art. The paintings and scultures were both outstanding. During my visit, the upstairs gallery was closed but I would have loved to have seen what other art they had planned to display.

Popped in the museum early this year and spent a glorious two hours browsing the exhibits. The art gallery exhibits works by local artists and you see some truly spectacular pieces. Other sections are dedicated to artifacts from the island's fraught and storied history, and our incredibly bio-diverse environment. Please note: cameras are not allowed in the art gallery (for obvious reasons).

We were pleasantly surprised, this is so much more than a museum, its a fascinating place that brings to life the history of the islands and its people, its informative, moving, creative, and covers people, Idevelopment, politics, history, art, everything really! We really enjoyed our visit and wished we had allowed more time, we had about 2 hours and would happily have spent longer. We would highly reccomend it to anyone interested in more than just beaches!

It was great to read the history and see the pictures on the past of Trinidad. really informative.Art gallery, well you decide if it is art. a lot to me was stuff my grandchildren would do in kindergarten

An attractive building but unfortunately it's closed on Mondays so it wasn't possible to go inside. Easy enough to walk here from the independence square area (as long as you don't mind getting sweaty!)

This little museum has everything from rock formations of the islands to cultural and ethnic makeup. A very informative museum. No art (section was closed)

This small museum gives a really good feel to the history and culture of Trinadad. From the development of village an town life to the construction of roads and industry.

I visited this museum for the first time about forty years ago. As I recall then there were just a few Amerindian artifacts and very little else. My most recent visit was a little over a week ago. The museum has grown significantly. There is a section on the oil industry which was quite informative. Apart from the Art gallery one can enjoy the section on the history of sport in the country. This is a very good place to appreciate the history of the country generally. I will have to return for there is more that I will like to spend some time viewing

We would recommend this museum to anyone visiting Trinidad with an interest in where they are. The museum is free and the staff are very friendly and helpful. The art exhibition that was on whilst we were there was certainly very different to anything we had seen before but, again, very interesting. The museum is air conditioned which helps keep weary European travelers cool in the heat of the day.

accidentally stopped here, If you have the time it's interesting and free. Nice brief history on local things. Located in a area where you can continue walking and find nice things to see and do for free

If you're interested in learning the history of the islands and even seeing artwork, here is the place to go. You can't take pictures inside the museum though. The building seems to be under minor renovation, which is great because it seems to be moving up with the times. The artifacts, to me, are priceless and it is worth going. I

The museum had great content but poorly displayed. The art museum was fantastic with many artists and media and video of artist discussing their work and even demonstrating their process.

Love the historical pics and stories they had. It had a lot of cultural pics from a variety of genre.

The National Museum and Art Gallery is a tired old museum, but worth the visit. It has lots of interesting information and exhibits but like all underfunded government project it is quickly outdated. The staff at the front desk were very welcoming and made a big fuss about not bringing in a camera or a fire arm! I had a camera and was told not to shoot any photos inside the museum. I found the geology and archaeology sections particularly informative.