NMI Museum of History and Culture — Attraction in Garapan

I visited the NMI Museum of History and Culture last week with a group from work and am so glad I did! The museum is clean and follows covid-19 guidelines. The grounds immaculate, plenty of free parking. The tour guide was knowledgeable, friendly, courteous, and welcomed questions. The museum is well laid out in the old Japanese Hospital. Individual rooms follow the timeline of the Chamorro and Carolinian peoples through Spanish discovery, the visit of the French (very interesting original art work), Germans, Japanese & WWII and the Americans. Tastefully displayed and documented collections. The highlight of the tour was viewing the pottery and gold jewelry retrieved from the wreckage of the Concepcion off the south coast of Saipan. I appreciate so much that the director and tour guide of the museum were willing to accommodated us after museum hours. I highly recommend...

Now they have a night life Every Friday From 5:30pm-9:30pm. Museum is open and Just until next year Entrance into the museum is FREE During this 'Fiesta Friday' Night Event. Outside on the Lawns you'll find a variety of local vendors from food to art's and crafts & Free jump house for the kids.- So Please come check it out for yourself & support our local community.

*The reason I didn't give this 5 star is because of the entertainment, 🤔maybe we could have had the old local singer who do nothing by the beach and wait for his next gig- Ben Lamlam, or Blue Wave who sings beautiful Chamorro & Refaluwasch songs, or our Youth cultural dance groups that need gigs to fundraise for their clubs or uniforms, I think we could have done better in this department, But Archie you're doing a wonderful job considering it's only you... & remember this is just my opinion....

Loved this tiny museum, not only for the WWII history and Saipans relation to it, but the history of the local Chamorros. The building was once part of a Japanese hospital. The museum was eclectic, varying of interesting information. A small $3 entrance donation fee. Security guard was friendly. No wait to enter, was the only one there actually. Takes about 1 hour to walk around and read the interesting cultural and historical information and view the various artifacts. Located in the south end of Garapan and worth the visit. Closed for lunch, door is locked once they reopen again, so just knock and be patient for the guard to see you and let you in! You will leave a bit more informed about US...