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Amédée Forget Museum

Take A Trip Back In Time And Discover The Treasures Of Government House

A young couple with a toddler looking up in the main hall of the museum in Government House SKRestored to the period of Lieutenant Governor Amédée Forget (1898-1910), Government House museum gives you a glimpse of life at Government House at the turn of the 20th century.

Take a guided tour and go back in time to the early 1900s. See what a day was like when cellphones and computers did not exist and what modern convenience were available at the time (bathing in a copper tub with running water, talking on the telephone, etc.)! Find out why there is a rocking horse in the library and why sales people did not sit for any length of time on the chairs that were set out for them.

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