Luise Kimme′s Museum

A collection of 100 life-size wooden sculptures carved from oaks, religious sculptures and reliefs 14 feet high

The Kimme Museum, also called "The Castle", was designed by Luise Kimme and is built around the original workshop. This is where Luise Kimme lived and worked. It houses a collection of 100 life-size wooden sculptures, carved from oak trees which she roughed out in the German forest and then shipped to Tobago for completion. Bronze casts are made from the wooden originals.

(At left: photo of Luise taken by Ruwa Sabbagh on 1.12.2005. Please click on picture to see enlargement)

In the Museum there are 14-foot tall religious sculptures and reliefs, dancing couples and Nijinsky ballet dancers, early folklore characters and mythiological figures.Her sculptures capture the essence of the Tobago people, their beliefs, customs, folklore, dances as well as the nature surrounding her.Luise Kimme's main interest, however, is ancient sculpture and dance.