Sights in Antigua & Barbuda

1. Museum of Antigua & Barbuda

   • Antigua & Barbuda
   • Sights › Museum

   This community-run museum in St John's has an eclectic collection of displays on island history, but everything looks as though it could do with a dusting. There's a touchable section with stone pestles and conch-shell tools, a reconstructed Arawak house, and modest displays on natural history, the colonial era and the struggle for emancipation. The highlight is the well-worn cricket bat of former West Indies team captain-slash-god, Vivian Richard.

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2. Nelson's Dockyard

   • Antigua & Barbuda
   • Sights › Museum

   Set aside as 39 sq km (15 sq mi) of national park, this historic dockyard, which dates from 1745, is Antigua's most popular attraction. Abandoned in 1899, it languished until the 1950s, when its resurrection and restoration began. Today the handsome buildings have been converted into inns, shops, a market, restaurants, an art centre and a nautical museum.

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3. Betty's Hope

   • Antigua & Barbuda
   • Sights › Ruin

   Betty's Hope was Antigua's first sugar plantation, built by Christopher Codrington in 1674, and named in honour of his daughter Betty. Ruins of two stone windmills and a distillery remain on the site, along with a small visitors centre. One windmill has been restored, and the caretaker offers informative tours peppered with historical insights.

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