Guam Museum

The Guam Museum takes you on a journey through Guam’s Chamorro (CHamoru) history, culture, and natural heritage. Located in the Guamanian capital of Hagåtña, the museum is a great place to deepen your knowledge of this little-understood Micronesian US territory.

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193 Chalan Santo Papa Juan Pablo Dos, Hagatna, Guam

The basics

A division of Guam’s Department of Chamorro Affairs, the Guam Museum is a modern facility, open since 2016. The museum’s permanent collection, “I Hinanao-Ta Nu Manaotao Tåno’-I CHamoru Siha: The Journey of the CHamoru People,” features 300 artifacts, plus images, audio displays, and short films that bring the CHamoru history of Guam to life—from its creation story through to CHamoru settlement, Spanish arrival, Japanese occupation, and American rule.

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Things to know before you go

There is a small admission fee. Seniors and infants enter for free.
Descriptive panels are written in English and Chamorro.
The museum has a café and gift store.
As well as a permanent exhibit, the museum hosts rotating temporary exhibitions.

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How to get there

The museum is centrally located in Hagåtña, within walking distance of major hotels and attractions including the Chamorro Village. Free parking is available on the museum grounds around Skinner Plaza, while there’s accessible parking in front of the building. You’re asked not to park in the Agana Post Office parking lot during the post office's opening hours.

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When to get there

The Guam Museum is open from Tuesday to Friday year-round, from morning until late afternoon. If you want to take a guided tour with museum staff, call and book ahead of your visit. The museum is typically quietest early in the day. You should give yourself around two hours to fully explore the exhibits.

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The architecture of the Guam Museum

The Guam Museum’s striking façade features two upright-facing pages of an open book—to signify that it is a place of learning—standing on either side of a canopy that shades the upper-level atrium. The canopy’s design is inspired by a Chamorro sling stone, an oval rock of basalt or coral, used as weapons by ancient Chamorro warriors.

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