It is located in Guinep House on Front Street to the north of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island, which is also the capital of the archipelago.

[1] It exhibits pre-historic Lucayan culture and records the history of the islands of the colonial era and the slave trade, all related to the sea.

The house, built prior to 1885, was named after the large guinep tree in the front yard.

[6] Remnants of the ship wreck that on display are the hull and rigging, cannon, cross bows, and personal belongings of the crew.

[6] There are displays on Lucayan artefacts, sisal and salt industries, Caicos postage stamps, history of the slave trade, royal events, and pottery.

There is also a curatorial facility and both a lecture room and an area which doubles as an office and the museum's library.

The museum has launched an archaeological exploration program called the "Travadore project" which is in association with marine archaeologists.

This project's importance is that the present settlers on the island are stated to have blood links to the people, particularly of African origin, who perished in the shipwrecks.