by Julie Carrington | Apr 7, 2022 | Top Stories
Chief Archivist, Ingrid Thompson, receives a copy of the publication Notes of a Native Governor General: The Memoirs of Sir Elliot Fitzroy Belgrave, from author Alwin Adams recently. (J. Carrington/BGIS) A memoir chronicling the life of former Governor General Sir...
by Julie Carrington | Feb 14, 2022 | Top Stories
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with day-to-day responsibilities for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight (left); Chief Archivist, Ingrid Thompson; and Permanent Secretary, Jehu Wiltshire, examine one of the historical documents in the Archives....
by Public Relations | Dec 6, 2021 | Top Stories
(NCF) Snippets of Our Past: On the Heels of Republicanism, a special exhibition highlighting significant moments of Barbados’ social and political evolution to Republican status, has been launched into the metaverse. Archival records depicting the island’s complex...
by Julie Carrington | Dec 3, 2021 | Top Stories
https://youtu.be/mhJRPOMG6_w?t=101 Press conference on the creation of the Barbados Heritage District featuring Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (PMO) The digitisation of millions of pages of historical documents and records, dating as far back as 1635 in the Archives...
by Paula Harper-Grant | Mar 11, 2020 | Top Stories
Chief Archivist Ingrid Thompson showing Westbury Primary students how to make a family tree. (P.Harper-Grant/BGIS) “Knowing your past is vital to understanding who you are.” This was the strong message sent by Principal of the Westbury Primary School, Rosalind...