This is a list of museums in Suriname. Suriname is a small country on the north-eastern coast of

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, and a former Dutch colony.

Paramaribo

Geological Museum The Geological Museum (originally the Museum of Economic Geology then the Museum of Practical Geology), started in 1835 as one of the oldest single science museums in the world and now part of the Natural History Museum in London. It transfe ...

- Museum dedicated to geology and mining in Suriname, located in the Geological Mining Service building (Geologische Mijnbouwkundige Dienst), Jaggernath Lachmonstraat,

Paramaribo Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname' ...

. * Koto Museum - History and culture museum dedicated to

Afro-Surinamese Afro-Surinamese are the inhabitants of Suriname of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. They are descended from enslaved Africans brought to work on sugar plantations. Many of them escaped the plantations and formed independent settlements together, be ...

culture (notably traditional costumes). Prinsessestraat 43, Paramaribo. * Lalla Rookh Museum - History and culture museum dedicated to

Indo-Surinamese Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese or Hindustani Surinamese are people of Indian origin who are nationals of Suriname with ancestry from India and the wider subcontinent. Their ancestors were Indian indentured workers brought by the Dutch and t ...

culture. Lalla Rookhweg 54, Paramaribo. (''

Lalla Rookh ''Lalla Rookh'' is an Oriental romance by Irish poet Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the (fictional) daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consi ...

'' was the name of the first ship to transport Indian

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from

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to the Dutch colony of Suriname, and about two-thirds of them stayed on after their 5-year contracts had ended.) *

Maritime Museum A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navies and the milita ...

- Located in the building of the Maritime Authority of Suriname (MAS), Cornelis Jongbawstraat 2, Paramaribo. * Numismatic Museum of the Central Bank, dedicated to the history of Surinamese currency, located in the building of the Central Bank of Suriname, Mr. F.H.R. Lim A Po straat 7, Paramaribo. * Sports Hall of Fame Suriname - Museum dedicated to the sports heroes of Suriname. Located in the building of the Suriname Olympic Committee, Letitia Vriesdelaan, Paramaribo. * Surinamese Museum (''Surinaams Museum'')- General history and culture museum of Suriname, located in Fort Zeelandia, Abraham Crijnssenweg 1, Paramaribo. * Surinamese Rum House - Small museum dedicated to the history of rum production, Cornelis Jongbawstraat 18, Paramaribo. * Villa Zapakara - Surinamese history and culture museum for children, Prins Hendrikstraat nr 17b, Paramaribo.

Commewijne

* Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam - Historical open-air museum located in Commewijne. * Museum Bakkie - History and culture museum on plantation Bakkie ( Reijnsdorp), Bakkie, Commewijne District. * Telecommunication museum, Nieuw Amsterdam, Commewijne.

Coronie

* Mangrove Education Center - Education Center dedicated to mangroves, located in the former fire station in Totness,

Coronie Coronie is a district of Suriname, situated on the coast. Coronie's capital city is Totness. The district border the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Surinamese district of Saramacca to the east, the Surinamese district of Sipaliwini to the sou ...

Marowijne

* Contemporary Art Museum Moengo/ Marowijne Art Park - Located in

Moengo Moengo () is a town in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina on the Cottica River. Moengo is also a resort (municipality) in the district of Marowijne. Moengo was the capital of Marowijne Distr ...

, Marowijne.

Saramacca

* Saamaka Marron Museum - Historie and culture museum dedicated to Maroon culture, located in the village

Pikin Slee Pikin Slee (also Pikienslee) is a village on the Suriname River in the resort Boven Suriname of the Sipaliwini District. It is home to about 3,000 people, and the second largest village of the Saramaka Maroons, after Aurora. Overview Pikin Slee h ...

, Saramacca.Saamaka Marronmuseum. Cultuur & heritage in het regenwoud van Suriname

References

External links

Eerste lustrum voor MUSEUMN8 in Suriname
''waterkant.net'', 11 May 2018.

Federation of Visual Artists in Suriname (FVAS). {{South America topic, List of museums in Suriname

Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

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