Paramaribo Sights

  1. Numismatic Museum

    Situated on a pretty Paramaribo street lined with colonial buildings, this museum is a must for coin and banknote afficionados. Its collection dates back to the early days of the Dutch colony with the prize piece being the copper Papegaaienmunt , or Parrot coin, of 1679.

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  2. Stichting Surinaams Museum

    Inside well-restored Fort Zeelandia, a pentagonal 17th-century fort built on the site where the first colonists alighted, is the Stichting Surinaams Museum, which features colonial-era relics, period rooms and temporary exhibitions.

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  3. Surinaams Museum

    Housed inside Fort Zeelandia, this museum features colonial-era relics of the 'musket and shackle' variety plus some pre-Columbian artifacts. While the collection isn't extraordinary, the views are great and several smaller buildings, such as the officers quarters, also within the fort, are well worth a look.

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