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The National Museum of Bermuda has adopted solar energy through a partnership with Land Rover BAR, renewable energy investment company Low Carbon and the Stempel Foundation. The ribbon was formally cut on the new solar system this afternoon, promisin...

Bermuda residents will be able to explore 500 years of local history at the National Museum for free during the month of February. The museum, which covers 15 acres of land with Grade I listed buildings and Commissioner’s House, holds more than 80,0...

Construction work has begun on a new solar installation at the National Museum that will see electricity bills cut by 20 per cent. The $300,000 project has been funded by Low Carbon, the UK-based renewable energy partner of Land Rover BAR, and also m...

Commissioner’s House in Dockyard has been officially reopened nearly two years after the old structure sustained major structural damage in back-to-back hurricanes. Michael Dunkley conducted an official roof wetting yesterday afternoon by pouring rum...

Volunteers from two local firms recently lent a hand at the National Museum of Bermuda, helping to preserve 25 historical cannon. Despite the bad weather, teams from Aon Benfield Bermuda and KRyS Global — about 35 volunteers in all — went to the muse...

A celebratory fundraiser marking the reopening of the Commissioner’s House at the National Museum of Bermuda has been deemed a huge success by organisers. Elena Strong, curator at the museum, said yesterday: “The evening was a great success in celebr...

Author Ian Fleming once said his fictional secret agent James Bond was “a highly romanticised version of the true spy. The real thing … is Sir William Stephenson,” the Canadian-born espionage chieftain who ran a major Second World War intelligence op...

A shipwreck discovered off the coast of North Carolina could be a Confederate blockade runner that ran perilous journeys between Bermuda and the United States. The iron-hulled steamer was found at the end of last month off a beach near Wilmington, ac...

For Dana Simmons, walking in her father’s military footsteps more than 70 years later proved a deeply moving experience. Lieutenant Donald Wight Giddings was stationed in Bermuda between 1943 and 1944 to train soldiers bound for the Second World War ...

Kind-hearted volunteers have unearthed a small piece of Casemates history that has not been seen in a half-century. The 12-strong crew from Fat Tire Massive spent a day digging out the original steps that led up to the old prison in Dockyard. The old...

Children can have fun while learning about maritime history thanks to the launch of the National Museum of Bermuda’s Playhouse. The whimsical exhibit offers 15 interactive stations to try — from “Hey, That’s Not My Head!” to “The Mutoscope”. It is h...

The National Museum has embarked on a major campaign to raise more than $2.5 million to help maintain and improve some of the oldest buildings in Dockyard. The “Raise the Roof” drive was launched just before Hurricane Joaquin caused further damage to...