Happy Independence Day Happy Independence Day from the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of the National Gallery of Jamaica. As we honour 63 years of freedom, we wear our colours with pride, carrying forward the strength of our past and the promise of our future, embracing the theme “Be Proud, Be Bold in Black, Green, and Gold”.

Emancipation Day Emancipation: Respect the Journey, Embrace the Legacy Today we commemorate Emancipation – a pivotal crossing in Jamaica’s history which initially began with the Apprenticeship in 1834, then culminated in “full free” of our enslaved ancestors in 1838. With the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in King’s Square, Spanish Town on August 1, 1834, slavery was […]