Through this project we want to collect and share our collective memories of the historic Keep Fort through the ages, from being part of a working Dockyard to a derelict site, to becoming the Bermuda Maritime Museum and to today as the National Museum of Bermuda. What’s your history with the Museum? Were you a volunteer, an intern, a visitor, a staff member? Did you visit with family and friends? We want to capture your memories and see your photos!

2007

Shirley Pearman

Pearman family members Louise Jackson, E. M. “Brownie” Rawlins, Victoria Daulphin, and Ruth Thomas attend the wedding of groom R.…

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2007

Shirley Pearman

Along with the wedding reception of R. Scott Pearman and bride Janice in the Commissioner’s House, the occasion also allowed…

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2007

Shirley Pearman

Pearman family members gather for the wedding reception of groom R. Scott Pearman and bride Janice in the Commissioner’s House. 

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2007

Shirley Pearman

Pearman family members Rudolph Richardson, Marita Thompson, Gerald and Izola Havery, and Norbert Simmons attend the wedding reception of groom…

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2007

Shirley Pearman

Some 200 people turned out for a special reception at Commissioner’s House, held to celebrate a Pearman family wedding. Guests…

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1997

Dennis Butterfield

Former foreman and sometime-shepherd Dennis Butterfield rounds up a reluctant stray ready for the move to their new quarters. 

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1995 and 1997

Dennis Butterfield

Former museum foreman Mr. Dennis Butterfield in 1997

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2020

Lisa Wingood

Since 2020, I’ve been guiding yoga classes at the National museum Bermuda and I love the wonderful community who have…

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1994

Tim Davidson

“At the end of June, I started working in the photographic laboratory of the Corange Laboratory for Conservation, printing the…

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1994

Judi Leseur

“Much has already been accomplished at the Commissioner’s House and the Bermuda Maritime Museum. I am proud to be part…

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1974

Susan Singh

Jack Arnell and hardworking volunteers clearing the Museum’s grounds in 1974/5 in preparation for the Queen’s visit.

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1997

Scott Hunter

Cannonball ceremony at Bermuda Maritime Museum in 1997

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2002

Jennifer Burland Adams

We got married at NMB in 2002 and it was certainly a night to remember! We might be biased, but…

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c. 2006

Jim Butterfield

It was very rewarding experience working as part of the volunteer Team under Dr Ed Harris. To cut away years of…

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c. 1970-1980s

Paula Pitman

My grandfather John Frederick Pitman was a warden at the Museum at the time when it was formerly the Bermuda…

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July 2022

Dominique Williams

In July 2022 I was an intern at the musuem and it is definitely a summer that I will never…

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c. 2007

Elena Strong

Guy Fawkes bonfires, Mr. Little with a wooden leg, a large echoing hall, salt-smelling wooden boats, tall grasses blowing in…

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c 1990

Jane Downing

My first memory of the Museum is from the mid-1970s when the National Trust was considering the Keep as a…

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Opening Day 1975

Colin Fleming

Opening Day The Bermuda Maritime Museum was officially opened by The Queen in February 1975, but much more work needed…

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December 1974

Colin Fleming

On a December Sunday, shortly before Christmas and the day after I had returned from boarding school in Britain, I…

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2007

Deborah Atwood

My earliest memory of the Museum is visiting it as a child for the annual Guy Fawkes celebration, a time…

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February 2024

Noah Hypolite-Sampson

I volunteered at the NMB Community Day for community service hours and I had a great time. I had not…

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1986

Trevor Moniz

Working on Commissioner’s House with Derek Sturdy in 1986. Photo by Nan Godet.

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	Britt & Hillary Kennedy Stubblefield at Southampton excavation site
June 2011

Britt Call

In June in 2011, I joined a field school and students from the College of William & Mary on an…

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My summer intern group at Carter House on the last day of our internship.
Summer 2022

Amani Simons

I was a summer intern at NMB in 2022. I had a great experience and created long-lasting friendships with the…

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First day of internship in 2021
Summer 2021

Chynna Trott

I started my summer internship at NMB in 2021 and it was in no way what I expected. As you…

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Dolphin Quest interns at the grand opening of the Shipwreck Island exhibit
2012

Katie Bennett

I was an intern at NMB in 2012 and stayed in the hostel with Dolphin Quest interns. It was so…

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