Cleaver Woods Amerindian Museum

Trinidad


Arima is home to Trinidad's largest First Peoples community. Just west of town, a cluster of thatch-roofed buildings in the Cleaver Woods hold a small and rather dusty Amerindian Museum, displaying photographs and a range of artifacts: pottery, hunting tools, a model village. It's all a bit neglected, but worth a quick stop if you're driving the Eastern Main Rd.


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