Exhibition
Building upon the close partnership between the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) and the Cayman Islands National Archive (CINA), Days Gone By provides an illustrative sampling of the vast array of historical photographs that are held within the Archive’s rich and varied collections. This treasured resource includes countless images that capture the daily rhythms and tranquil surroundings that characterised life in Cayman in decades past.
Drawing from the photographic collections of Aarona Kohlman, C. Bernard Lewis, George Roy and others, the featured photographs include depictions of domestic labour and traditional craft practices, social gatherings and society events, scenes of leisure and the simple pastimes of yesteryear, as well as both formal and candid portraits of Caymanians spanning the 1910s to the early 1960s.
Conceived as part of the National Gallery’s ongoing travelling exhibition series, Days Gone By affords audiences in the sister islands the opportunity to engage with NGCI’s dynamic exhibitions programme without having to travel to its central exhibition space—furthering the Gallery’s wider mission to make art accessible to all.
Established in 1996, NGCI is the country’s leading visual arts museum and education centre, charged with promoting and encouraging the appreciation and practice of the visual arts in the Cayman Islands. CINA is dedicated to preserving the documentary history of the Cayman Islands and its people, providing a records management service to the Public Service, while collecting, preserving, and making available the archival records that form the Archive’s Historical Collections.
