Happy Labour Day from the National Gallery of Jamaica. The theme for 2023 is ‘Plant a Tree for Life: Promoting Climate Change Mitigation, Food Security and Road Safety’ and though we may not all have the space to plant a tree, there’s always room for home gardening—house plants included—community building or practising road safety today.
In observance of Labour Day the National Gallery of Jamaica will be closed tomorrow Tuesday May 23, 2023. We will resume our regular opening hours on Wednesday May 24, 2023.
This year the theme for International Museum Day is “Museums, Sustainability and Well-being”.
Museums provide visitors with the opportunity to view and engage with art or artefacts in a way that stimulates them both visually and mentally. It is an immersive space that can pull visitors into another world, evoke emotions and encourage new thoughts or ideas. The space allows visitors a moment of relaxation and has been shown to reduce cortisol levels. In fact, viewing artwork has been linked to a 10% increase of blood flow to the brain, indicating the promotion of positive emotions.
So if you aren’t quite feeling 100% consider visiting a museum and engaging with artwork. What thoughts or ideas get brought to mind? How does the artwork or the space make you feel? Does a specific work resonate with you?
Happy Mother’s Day to the women who have laboured, to the women who have nurtured and to the women who have been a maternal figure in someone’s life. We cherish you each day, but today especially we give you flowers.
The National Gallery of Jamaica will be closing early tomorrow Friday April 28, 2023 at 1:00pm to facilitate a staff function. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to our patrons. The NGJ will resume regular opening hours on Saturday April 29, 2023.
The National Gallery of Jamaica would like to announce that it will be closed on Friday April 7, 2023 and Monday April 10, 2023 in observance of Good Friday and Easter Monday. We will maintain our opening hours on Saturday April 8, 2023 and resume our usual operations on Tuesday April 11, 2023.
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