The Crooked Tree Museum and Cultural Heritage Center is a community museum and education organization dedicated to sharing the deep history of the lower Belize River Watershed. The museum was established in 2018 by the Belize River East Archaeology (BREA) project, and it is located in the village of Crooked Tree, Belize.
The mission of the Museum is to collect, display, study, and exhibit material culture that tells the rich stories that comprise this history in order to advance knowledge and understanding of the people that have shaped Belize over time. The permanent exhibition that is housed in the Museum focuses on the history of human-environment interactions in the region, spanning as much as 10,000 years of continuous human occupation.
The exhibition includes artifacts from Paleoindian times to the ancient Maya, as well as from the colonial period. The museum also has a library and research center, and it offers a variety of educational programs for visitors of all ages.