- Address: Portvale Factory Road, Ridgeway, Barbados
- Phone: (246) 426-2421
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In Barbados in our time, a lot of attractions . Despite the modest size of the island, tourists can visit monuments of architecture, nature reserves and parks, ancient temples and, of course, museums. Not far from Holtown , the most ancient city on the island of Barbados , is the Museum of Sugar Sir Frank Hutson. For tourists, it is always very popular, attracting its history, exhibits and fascinating excursions to the Port Vale factory.
A little bit about the history of the museum
It's not a secret that sugar in Barbados is called "white gold", which feeds the island's population for many years. The museum of sugar Sir Frank Hutson is devoted to the centuries-old history of the production of this product. The museum is located in the sugar factory Port Vale. Its founder is rightly considered the engineer Sir Frank Hudson, who brought together numerous unique exhibits that reflect the entire history of the island's sugar production. Help in organizing the Hudson Museum was provided by the National Foundation of Barbados.
Traditions of sugar production
Sugar case in Barbados was born in the late 17 - early 19 th century. Then for the production of a new product, whole plantations were set aside. The island's climate favored this, and after a while "white gold" became the main export product. And it remains so for two centuries already.
What is interesting about the museum?
Under the roof of the old stone building, which used to function as a boiler house, all the expositions of the museum were located. Here you can find rare equipment for the production and processing of sugar, as well as a collection of old photographs. Tourists can get acquainted with various subjects, among which there are real treasures, telling about the first steps of sugar business. Guests of the museum will be shown how the sugar cane grows, will introduce the old and new technologies of sugar production.
Those who wish can taste sugar, molasses and many other sugar cane products and watch a video presentation showing the process of producing sugar from beginning to end, up to the production of rum.
From February to July, Barbados continues the harvest season. It is at this time you can get on an interesting tour of the territory of the factory "Port Vale" - the main enterprise for the production of sugar.
How to get to the museum?
The sugar museum of Sir Frank Hutson is located near the city of Holtown. It is 12 km from Bridgetown . The trip by car through Hwy 2A / Ronald Mapp Hwy without taking into account traffic jams will take approximately 18 minutes. If you are vacationing in the old town of Holtown, renting a car or using a taxi, you can drive to the museum through Sea View / Hwy 1A and Hwy 1 in 4 minutes. Walking takes about 15 minutes.
By public transport , you can also go to the museum, you should go to the St. Tomas Church.
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