Bimini Museum

Bimini Museum. Islands of the Bahamas. The building housing the Bimini Museum has a long history and now provides vistors with the history of Bimini. Built in 1921, the building originally served as the office for the Commissioner of Bimini, His Majesty's Customs and Bahamian Immigration, the post office, and the police station and jail until 1974. In 1999, Sir Michael and Lady Barbara Checkley restored the building that sat empty for nearly 25 years., Founded in 1995 by the Bimini Historical Society, the Bimini Museum did not have a home until 2000 following a fundraising effort, and restoration of the building was completed. Now the museum houses the stories, artifacts, and mementos of the island's history, including exhibits on Prohibition and rum running, Adam Clayton Powell, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ernest Hemingway, the Bimini Bay Rod and Gun Club, and the Compleat Angler, among other exhibits. , The Government building in the 1930s , Photo courtesy of the Bimini Museum, Dedication of the Bimini Museum in the repurposed government building. , Photo courtesy of Ashley Saunders