Dockyard Museum

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Dockyard Museum at Nelson's Dockyard on Antigua island.

The Dockyard Museum is a museum located at Nelson's Dockyard in English Harbour on Antigua island, in Antigua and Barbuda.

It was established in 1855 at the colonial British shipyard. [1]

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Coordinates: 17°00′29″N61°45′55″W / 17.007987°N 61.765290°W / 17.007987; -61.765290