Masterworks is celebrating Bermuda's 400th anniversary with a special celebration of the sea and the shore.
On the 28th July, the day the Sea Venture crashed on our shores, there will be a sand pouring ceremony in St. George's.
Museum founder and creative director Tom Butterfield hopes to tie the two communities of Bermuda in the new world and Lyme Regis in the old together through sand.
After completing a 1,000-mile charity bike ride in June Mr. Butterfield, along with chairman Michael Hamer and member of the board Jay Nichols, arrived in Lyme Regis on the south coast of England - 400 years to the day that Sir. George Somers set sail on the voyage that led him to discover Bermuda. There they poured a jar of pink sand from Bermuda and collected a jar of Lyme Regis sand.
Now 400 years after Somers arrived in the new world, Mr. Butterfield will deposit the jar of sand at Gates' Fort Beach where it is believed the island was discovered.
"I feel in this year of the 400th celebrations, that it is important that we don't forget our roots and where we came from. With the tall ships coming here, and the current show in the Masterworks Museum We Are Sailing I feel it is important to recognise the sea which ties us to the old world. So much of our history is tied to the sea, and it's a fascinating way to look at the history of Bermuda."
