Royal Gazette: New Tours Tackle Enslavement history of Verdmont
The Bermuda National Trust is launching a new tour delving into the history of Verdmont as a site of enslavement.
Charlotte Andrews, the head of cultural heritage at the BNT, said the interpreter-led tour will offer a “deeper, honest look” into Bermuda’s complex and often untold past.
“It thoughtfully reimagines the lives of the enslaved men, women and children who lived and laboured at the house, alongside the enslaving merchant families who once owned the property and the post-emancipation families who later lived there,” Dr Andrews said.
Verdmont, a 325-year-old historic house and garden in Smith’s, is part of the African Diaspora Heritage Trail.
A BNT spokesman said the new tour will allow visitors to explore carefully recreated period rooms and lush gardens overlooking Bermuda’s South Shore and learn more about Verdmont’s furniture, art, porcelain, archaeological finds and other artefacts.
Verdmont Museum is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 3pm, with the guided tours at 11am and 1pm. Tickets for the guided tour are available through ptix.bm.