Visitor Information
We can’t wait for you to discover North Haiti, the home-away-from-home you will instantly love. Getting here should be just as much fun!
By Air: All foreign visitors must have a valid passport to enter Haiti. Be sure you have room for both an entry and exit stamp, and that your passport is valid for at least six months beyond your planned travel dates. 3 to 5 flights per day from Miami, New York or Paris to Port-au-Prince (PAP), then air service (25 minutes) to Cap Haitian International Airport (CAP) is provided by at least 4 airlines companies from Port-Au-Prince. Also 2 companies are serving Cap-Haitian (CAP) directly from Miami (MIA) or Fort Lauderdale (FLL).
Cruise Boat: Only Royal Caribbean can take you to the private beach destination of Labadie. Our private paradise sits on the north coast of Haiti, surrounded by beautiful mountain slopes and exotic foliage. This exclusive destination offers pristine beaches, breathtaking scenery, incredible thrills and spectacular water activities. Regardless of where you go, you'll find yourself embraced by the beautiful landscape. Labadie's native charm, along with its natural beauty, make this a destination not to be missed.
Taino Museum will be 5 minutes driving from Labadie.
One of the largest Taíno Collection in the world
Building The First Taíno Museum in Haiti
Since near 50 years, Kathy Dicquemare (80+) has bring together more than 5,000 pre-Columbian artifacts, the majority of which are Taíno pan-Caribbean archaeological objects from Haiti. This is from far the first unique Private Collection on Taíno People up to now.
Since 2009, Kathy has create the KATHY DICQUEMARE FOUNDATION, a non profit organisation. The main purpose of the foundation is to build the first national Taíno Museum to share this collection with the public.
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As soon as the project is fully sustainable and financed, the construction of the Taíno Museum building will start. We expect to open the museum in late 2015.
The Exhibit
5,000+ extraordinary artifacts
Kathy Dicquemare collection is one of the largest in the world. The most important items were appraised by leading laboratories. Many items are unique and are the object of further analysis.
Education
While protecting the collection of the foundation, the museum has an educational objective to make discover the Taíno culture to the largest number of people. Access to the Museum will be free for local schools.
Environment
The Taíno museum in Haiti will be built in the middle of a tropical garden, respecting the environment in which the Taíno people lived before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Haiti
Taíno (good people) are part of the roots of Haiti. Ayiti (“land of high mountains”) was the indigenous Taíno name for the entire island of Hispaniola, which has kept its name as it is used as the Haitian Creole form for Haiti.
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