Operating Hours & Seasons
The site is open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.. daily. The museum is open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays. The park is closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Did You Know?
Desiring land more suitable for sugar cultivation, the Danes purchased St. Croix from France in 1733, marking the first peaceful transfer of land in the Caribbean. Danish efforts to settle the island were initially delayed for a year following the devastating 1733 slave revolt on St. John.