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Code	DS/UK/497
Name	National Museum and Art Gallery; 1892-
Biography	The National Museum and Art Gallery was established in 1892 as the Royal Victoria Institute and is the national museum of Trinidad and Tobago. It was built as a Science and Art Museum to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The insitute was used for research and exhibitions of natural history and archaeology. The building presents the colonial style of the West Indies of the nineteenth century. By 1905 the Institute had become a centre for social and academic functions. In May 1920 the building was destroyed by fire. Many of the collections were lost and only the external walls remained. The rebuilt building reopened in June 1923.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_and_Art_Gallery,_Trinidad (accessed 14/11/2019)
Source	http://nationaltrust.tt/location/royal-victoria-institute/ (accessed 14/11/2019)

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Reference	Title	Date
MCR/15/16/3	Trinidad: Botanic Garden	24 Oct 1870 - 24 Nov 1907

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