Events

Our events Calendar

Guardians of the Night Exhibition Launch. June 18, 2025

The Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ) officially opened its latest exhibition, “Guardians of the Night: Celebrating Jamaica’s Remarkable Bats,” to the public on June 19, following a launch event on June 18 at the Institute of Jamaica’s Lecture Hall in downtown Kingston.

Running for six months at the NHMJ (10–16 East Street, Kingston), Guardians of the Night is part of an ongoing conservation initiative, launched in 2018 by BCI and NEPA, to protect Jamaica’s endangered bat species through habitat restoration and community involvement. 

Biodiversity and Development Knowledge Hour. May 22, 2025

The Natural History Museum of Jamaica, through the Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism held its first Biodiversity and Development Knowledge Hour held on May 22, 2025 in commemoration of International Day for Biological Diversity.

The guest presenters were Dr. Jenna Blackwood (Jamaica Institute of Architects) who spoke on nature in building design and Mr. Joseph Brown (Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation) who spoke on human-wildlife interactions.

Exhibition at the Governor General’s Reception, Kings House. July 27, 2023

The exhibition entitled “Journey Through Our Natural Heritage” was curated by the Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ), in collaboration with external partners, the Forestry Department, Public Gardens Division and Mines and Geology Division. This exhibition sought to highlight some of our island’s natural treasures including species that are found nowhere else in the world, our geological richness and traditional knowledge wealth. We also highlighted the contributions of several individuals who used their amazing talents to depict Jamaica’s unique biodiversity

Training workshop Jamaica Invasive Species Database. December 12-13, 2023

The Natural History Museum of Jamaica through the Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism successfully held a two-day Data Entry Workshop for the Jamaica Invasive Species Database (JISD) on Dec 12 &13, 2023. The national Workshop was held at the Land Information Council of Jamaica’s GeoInformatic Training Centre in Kingston. New records were created for twelve invasive alien species that are on the national list of invasive alien species.