Editing Port of Spain (section)

==== Museums ====
The [[National Museum and Art Gallery, Trinidad|National Museum and Art Gallery]] is the country's most important museum. It displays depictions of national festivals, Carnival, life during World War II and artifacts from the country's earliest settlers, the Amerindians. There are also displays by leading local and international artists, with exhibitions being mounted at various times during the year. The museum was established in 1892 and was originally called the Royal Victoria Institute, as it was built as part of the preparation for Queen Victoria's jubilee.

The National Museum has two smaller branch museums:

[[Fort San Andres]] which is located on South Quay,<ref>[http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,6260.html Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday]. newsday.co.tt (3 July 2003). Retrieved 12 July 2016.</ref> opposite City Gate. According to Geoffrey MacLean, in the Trinidad Express Newspaper in December 2014, "the fort, which replaced a mound of mud and wood that served as the only defence of Port of Spain, was, when completed in 1787, located offshore and linked to the mainland by a wooden bridge."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150530150158/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Real-story-of-Engine-D-285931141.html Trinidad Express Newspapers: | Real story of Engine D]. Trinidadexpress.com. Retrieved 12 July 2016.</ref>

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Museum which is located at the Old Police Headquarters on St. Vincent Street.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080329150721/http://www.gov.tt/business/service.aspx?id=%7B160CDDEE-5FFB-47B7-9580-E1AD946B7947%7D The National Museum and Art Gallery]. Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (2008) gov.tt</ref> This Museum is in close proximity to the Old Cabildo Building, called the Law Museum as of August 2012 by the Guardian TT when it was reopened,<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2012-08-23/cabildo-building-now-law-museum "Cabildo Building now law museum"]. ''The Trinidad Guardian''. (23 August 2012). Retrieved 12 July 2016.</ref> the Ministry of Legal Affairs, and the Colonial Life Insurance Co Ltd building, known as CLICO, and opposite to CLICO is the RED HOUSE.