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Island geology, household skills and canoe travel
The Philipsburg museum’s sections cover island geology, home-based craft production and pre-Columbian tools and canoe travel.
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A museum model of the former island landscape
The museum’s geology page gives a layered Point Blanche specimen as one example of its rock displays and describes a three-dimensional map of what it calls “greater St. Maarten”. It places this former landmass about two million years ago, when lower sea levels joined St. Maarten, St. Barths and Anguilla.[1]
Home production for sale and exchange
The museum describes cottage industry as craft production carried out at home, with goods sold or traded.[1]
Tools and canoe travel in the museum’s account
The museum’s pre-Columbian section presents stone and shell tools and mentions canoe travel between islands.[1]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
What does the museum’s map represent?
It shows what the museum calls “greater St. Maarten”, a former landmass that joined St. Maarten, St. Barths and Anguilla when sea levels were lower.[1]
Where did cottage-industry makers work?
The museum describes this as home-based production; products could be sold or traded.[1]
What does the museum call the canoes used for island travel?
Its pre-Columbian account calls them “Piroques”.[1]
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