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Landmark· Tortola· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)

Old Government House Museum

18° 24.9′ N · 64° 37.1′ W · approximate

The former Governor's residence on Road Town's waterfront, now a museum of BVI history; one of a cluster of historic sites, with the VI Folk Museum on Main Street, that make a good half-day ashore while the boat is in town.

Practical

Position from OpenStreetMap. Listed by the BVI Tourist Board among Tortola's historic sights alongside Fort Burt, the Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum, Mount Healthy Windmill, Callwood's distillery and the J.R. O'Neal Botanic Gardens. Short walk from the ferry dock. Check opening hours locally.

Best for

A history stop during a Road Town provisioning day