The Annual Arrival Day exhibition at The National Museum will continue for the next five days. The exhibition which has been hosted by the National Museum for the last 14 years will focus primarily on models, texts, graphics and related photographs revealing cultural insights and experiences of the indentured
The exhibition’s spotlight will not only be on East Indians, though they dominated indentureship in numbers.
Elements of the Chinese, Portuguese and African culture will be on display, as well as a small section for the Europeans, since they were responsible for the indentureship experiences. The Amerindians are added too, as they were claimed to be the first to tread the shores of Guyana.
The exhibition will run until May 10 and is aiming to provide Guyanese with the opportunity to learn about their cultural heritage, while paving an avenue for appreciation of other cultural backgrounds. Apart from models, texts and graphics and other artifacts, and a display of books and literature will complement the exhibition.