The Heritage Museum of The Bahamas is located in the famous Mountbatten House on Nassau’s West Hill Street, across from the Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant. Mountbatten House was built approximately around 1850, and the new museum’s rooms are filled with artifacts and documents that satisfy one’s curiosity. The museum and is also part of what the owners, the Garzaroli family, call the “Foundation of Graycliff’s new Heritage Village.” Developed by a family who strongly believe in culture and history, the Heritage Museum has historic information and artifacts that range from the pre-historic times to today, and reflect on eras in The Bahamas. The restoration of the Mountbatten home, took one year and reached 6 figures. The Museum is on the upper floor and the lower floor will house dining, entertainment and attractions. The rooms reflected periods in Bahamian history such as piracy, maritime, slavery, World War II, persons like Lord Mountbatten, The Duke of Edinburgh, Winston Churchill as well as the late Nelson Mandela who visited The Bahamas and the Grammy-award winning Bahamen.

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