When I first discovered this large stone with three rounded holes I was sceptical. Then I thought what if, what if. I guess I was in a state of shock, but then when reality settled in, I knew that I had found the rock art of our First Peoples.”
Eric Lewis, curator of the Moruga Museum and an active researcher and collector of First Peoples archaeological items, did not expect to find a petroglyph on this part of his estate because it was more than a mile away from his nearest working site. However, it did make sense.
On 8th April 2017. The Moruga Museum will host its first Cocoa and Chocolate day. The event will give the history of the history of the cocoa industry over the last few centuries based on the Archival information of the Moruga Museum’s Archive.
The processess involved in cocoa preperation and the chocolate process. Invitations are being sent out to the various government Ministries and Members of the Diplomatic corum. The Moruga cocoa cooperative will also be launched on the same date at the event. Participating will be the members of the Merikin Inc. organisation. Schools that have participated in the educational chocolate making programme will also be participating.
The future of the cocoa and the chocolate industry in Moruga will be further explored, it is hoped that the Moruga Cocoa Cooperative will enguage in ways to export and seek partnership to supply a larger chocolate producing company externally.
The Moruga Museum is regestered as an Official organization in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Moruga Museum has satisfied the Ministry of Legal Affairs with the necessary documents, as required by the government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. All legal documents have been updated in keeping with the given protocol.
The Museum has its own bank account in Island of Trinidad, with the First Citizens Bank. Donations to the Moruga Museum can be made in the name of the organization at any of the First Citizens Banks in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Moruga Museum is under the patronage of the Prince of Moruga HRH Eric Lewis and is funded by him and his Estate.
The Moruga Museum is opened Monday through Friday, from 8am to 4pm.
On Saturdays and holidays by request.
Email: morugamuseum@gmail.com
Telephone: 1 868 355 8319
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The Cultural, Historic and Heritage Town of Moruga will be Celebrating a Spanish Heritage Day.
The Spanish Heritage Day is expected to draw several dignitaries to Moruga, among which will be the Spanish Ambassador. The Heritage day will be held in collaboration with the Head Stake holders of the Town. The town’s schools have been invited to attend the event among other heads of the Township of Moruga. All are invited to attend, especially persons with Hispanic (Spanish ) ancestry.
The Event will be held at the Columbus Square in Moruga at the Legendary site where an annual re-enactment is dramatized by the local Town’s people.
The days event will commence with a Drive through tour of Moruga which will be with Members of Diplomatic consortium, visiting the Heritage, Historic sites and the Moruga Museum.
The event is under the Patronage of the Prince of Moruga HRH Eric Lewis.
The date has been Confirmed for Saturday 16th May 2015. Members of the Public are expected to be seated at 10:oo am.
Cultural performance will be done on the day, address by the relevant Diplomats. Food of Spanish and Local Cuisines will be enjoyed by the participants, this to is part of the cultural day’s proceedings.
Justification Moruga is one of the towns that have a diversified time frame of historic and pre-historic artefacts and matters of interest. A museum will permit the town to safeguard its socio- cultural and historic existence. Moruga is a remote and isolated town from other parts of the country and is relatively distant geographically from Port-of-Spain. Therefore, many individuals have not been able to visit the national museum hence having an established museum in the area will afford the people of Moruga the opportunity to visit a museum displaying their socio-historic culture. The Moruga museum collects and conserves the tangible and intangible heritage of the area and its environs, for the educational purposes and developing a sense of self worth and identity. We have the power to shape the society of tomorrow by securing yesterday’s stories. As a museum we are entrusted with the burden of receiving the cultural aspects and historic artefacts and interpreting the meaning and significance to later pass on to the future generations, bringing awareness to the younger ones of where they came from. The Moruga museum is intended to be diverse, not only focusing on one aspect of our rich history but showcasing all aspects that make up our diverse and multicultural society. Because of this it is necessary that the museum seek to acquire pieces that represent all the different cultures present, so that the exhibit will communicate with our people and show their heritage and continued development over the centuries. The museum seeks to offer the public a place of fun and educational exhibits.
The Moruga Museum Mobile will be launched on Monday 26th January, 2015 at the Tableland High School, making this the first triple M for the year 2015. A subsequent visit to the aforementioned school on Tuesday 27th January, 2015 will further add to the success of the M.M.M last year. What the M.M.M does is take artefacts and other items out of the museum and repository and brings these items into schools, institutions or themed events along with relevant lectures and information provided by the curators.
On Monday 26th January, a total of over 150 students and staff visited the temporary exhibit of Amerindian artefacts on display at the Tableland High School. Both students and teachers alike were fascinated by the experience of being able to interact with artefacts hundreds of years old, coming face to face with subject matters that they merely read about. At approximately 10:00 am students crowded around the display, eager to learn, ask questions and interact. Staff members of the Moruga Museum not only facilitated their inquisitions with information that had been thoroughly researched beforehand, but supplemented the information as outlined in their curriculum. The display ran until the end of the school day at 2:15 pm and continued the following morning until noon. On Tuesday, students who did not get a chance to view the display the day before were able to do so as well students who re-visited were also welcomed. The form five History class was also given a specialized lecture, geared towards aiding the students with their School Based Assessment (S.B.A) to perhaps evoke new ideas for their areas of study as well as aid in how they should format and edit their assignments.
The museum welcomes schools of Trinidad and Tobago to request the Moruga Museum Mobile initiative that we ensure will only encourage interactive and exciting learning.
Under the helm of Managing Director Eric Lewis and associates, the laudable task of bringing the woman Catherine Brizan to the fore and debunking the myths of her alias Mother Cornhusk, culminated in an exhibit that was unveiled at approximately 2:35pm yesterday. In attendance were Express’s Richard Charran and photographer, as well as students from the Moruga Roman Catholic Primary School and the principal Mrs. Paloo, a Hype student, elders from the local community and the general public and staff of the museum totaling 15 persons who waited with baited breaths to see the legendary Mother Cornhusk.
The display shrouded in cloth was dramatically unveiled, much to the anticipation of both the young and old, imaginations running wild as the public waited to get a glimpse of the fearful Mother Cornhusk, believed to have been an ‘obeah’ woman. When Mr. Eric Lewis revealed the display, those in attendance where privy to viewing memorabilia from her home and chapel as well as never before seen pictures of the woman donned Mother Cornhusk.
Common contemporary pieces of the time such as an electrical iron and even a bread pan, were displayed from her home as she was a woman with need of ‘modern’ appliances like any other. She is also seen in photographs smiling and even playing a cuatro as “regular folk” would. As a result Mr. Lewis called on those in attendance to reassess preconceived notions of the woman; she was no witch with long nails or tattered clothing, rather a simple woman, warm and very kind.
Undoubtedly underwhelmed by the ‘commonness’of the woman, the audience was left to ponder whether the years of negative comments on the legendary Mother Cornhusk were warranted. 
The Moruga Museum seeks to disprove or rather grant objective insights into the fanciful misconceptions of Mother Cornhusk and instead highlight the woman Catherine Brizan, a product of her time. The MM also seeks to also place this woman into an historical space that would only shed light on the bizzare and reveal the logical.
Mr. Lewis addressed the audience revealing that she was born 1917, and that Mother Cornhusk was born in Grenada. She came to Trinidad at the age of seven and as an adult practiced Spiritual or Shango Baptism (terms both used interchangeably). As is customary with this religion, the syncretism of African, Catholic and Hinduism was evident as a Hindu God concrete pillar, a bible, the St. Anthony and Virgin Mary and Christ child statues were displayed, all found in her St. Anthony’s chapel, demonstrative of the integration of these forces in her worship .
A number of misconstrued cultural practices have shrouded the woman that is Mother Cornhusk. For instance the fact that she preferred to go barefooted in the 1970s, 1980s was seen as odd, deviant, a testimony of her evil presence even. However, placing her as a woman who adhered to the practices of her ancestors that walked barefooted for medicinal reason( for blood circulation), one can then appreciate the facts.
It is fact that she took in members of the public, cooked and cleaned and cared for them, providing shelter when one was down in luck, a woman willing to even just listen to one’s problems, soothing like a mother would. Whether an obeah woman or herbal healer, testimonies from Miss Gragier who was also in attendance,painted a contrasting image, that she was a loving woman, welcoming, far from deserving the fearfulness attached to even uttering her alias.
The unveiling ceremony lasted until 4:00pm where the audience applauded the excellent and objective presentation on the wonder that was Mother Cornhusk. Members of the audience were then allowed to view her photographs and get closer looks at the items on display.
The public is invited to come to the museum to view this temporary display from 8-4pm Mondays to Fridays or 9-5pm Saturdays (Sundays on appointments). 
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