Upon your arrival, we will guide you on a hourly tour (from 9am to 4pm) that commences with an immersive 3D visual experience explaining the historical background of the site. It then proceeds with a comprehensive tour of the active museum positioned within the Grand House, exhibition areas, stamp collections and finally the mesmerizing surrounding landscapes. The location also accommodates a gift shop and a restaurant. Pedro St. James, constructed over two hundred years ago, has served numerous functions such as – a cotton plantation, a courthouse, a prison, a Government Assembly and a restaurant. The government of Cayman Islands procured this property in 1996 and refurbished it to its 18th century splendor. It currently stands as an iconic testament to Cayman’s heritage. Most popularly recognized as the “cradle of democracy in the Cayman Islands,” Pedro St. James takes reverence as the site where the decision to establish the first democratic parliament of the islands was made on December 5, 1831. In a subsequent event on May 3, 1835, the edict concluding slavery in the British Empire was proclaimed from this very site.