National Museum Of Fine: Though largely in ruins today, the Citadelle de La Ferriere and the Palace Sans Souci, constructed by Henri Christophe in the early 19th century, were considered among the wonders of the Western world. The National museum of Fine (or Presidential ) Palace in Port-au-Prince, designed and built by the Haitian Georges Bassan in 1918, is also outstanding. Distinguished museums in the capital city include the National museum of Fine Museum, the Museum of the Haitian People, and the Museum of Fine Arts. The Episcopal cathedral, also in Port-au-Prince, houses spectacular murals by primitive painters, notably Hector Hippolyte and Philome Obin.
The United States, excellent firearms col-may be viewed at the Springfield (Mass.) Museum; West Point (N. Y.) Museum; States National museum of Fine Museum (Smithsonian, angton, D. C.); Winchester Gun Museum, Haven, Conn.; Connecticut State Library Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.; J. )avis Collection, Claremore, Okla.; Metzger tion, College Station, Texas; Confederate , Richmond, Va.; Huntington (West Va.) ; Milwaukee Public Museum; Metropoli-[useum of Art, New York; and the Chicka-and Chattanooga Military Park, Fort ipe, Ga.
The city is attractively laid out. Many old tanals and moats remain, and the former ramparts have been replaced by gardens and lawns. The town hall (Stadhuis) in the marketplace was
•merly the palace of the counts of Holland, be-ri in the 14th century and several times re-red. The massive Grote Kerk, with its lofty ver and superb organ, is a 15th to early 16th :itury church. Other fine buildings are the lonial Museum, the Museum of Industrial Art, 3ie Teyler Foundation and Museum, and the |
