MUSEUM OF BELIZE CELEBRATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY

The Museum of Belize will be celebrating its tenth anniversary and along with NICH have prepared a week of activities for the Belizean public.

Shari Williams - Communications Officer, NICH
"On Sunday February 5, the Museum of Belize will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. 10 years ago the Museum of Belize opened its door to the Belizean people and of course visitors from far and wide. To celebrate this momentous occasion, what you have to understand that since opening its doors we see about 15,000 visitors every year this includes students, tourists, the general public and so we felt that being the tenth anniversary we needed to celebrate in grand style and we needed to celebrate with the people of Belize because this is an achievement not only for the Museum but for the entire country. We decided to put together ten days of activities. It kicks off on Sunday; the first activity is a fun day for the children mainly. We are inviting parents to drop by with your children, we are having face painting, Ozzy the Clown, they will be singing happy birthday with the staff, cutting the cake, it is like a kids party, we want to invite more and more children to visit the Museum, we are offering free tours on that day. On Monday we are bringing in Miss Myrna Manzanarez and she will be doing some Creole stories, on Tuesday we are bringing in former superintendent Bernard Adolphus, he was the last Superintendent of the prison and he will be sharing with us what it was like being at the Central Prison. On Wednesday we have a book presentation on David Ruiz, on Thursday we have Museum membership drive, on Friday a walk down memory lane, we are bringing in the seenagers from Help Age Belize to reminisce what it was like living in Belize back in the days. ON Saturday Belizeans enter free. One of the things we are launching for tenth anniversary is every Saturday starting February 5, it is free for all Belizeans, the Museum is open on Saturdays from nine to four so bring in your kids. On Monday and Tuesday we have children's art workshop and on Wednesday we are bringing out the Jade head. The Jade Head is under lock and key, it is in Belize but we have it locked up because it is the biggest jade ever found in the Meso America Maya homeland and so we usually keep it in a safe place."

Williams says they are inviting schools to call in and book an appointment to manage the flow of students for the viewing of the Jade Head. For further information on the week of activities you can contact the office at NICH or visit them on their website, Facebook or Twitter.

LOVEFM