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San Fer­nan­do ca­lyp­so­ni­ans are re­new­ing their call for the cre­ation of a per­ma­nent Ca­lyp­so Mu­se­um to cel­e­brate and pre­serve Trinidad and To­ba­go’s mu­si­cal and cul­tur­al her­itage.

With Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar now in charge of the Na­tion­al Trust, they are hope­ful that a per­ma­nent archival space could soon be­come part of the city’s cul­tur­al land­scape.

Speak­ing at an awards func­tion in San Fer­nan­do on Sat­ur­day night, Pres­i­dent of the Trin­ba­go Na­tion­al Ca­lyp­so Mu­se­um, Mc Mor­ris Ed­wards, said dis­cus­sions are on­go­ing with the Min­istry of Tourism, Cul­ture, and the Arts to se­cure a lo­ca­tion for the mu­se­um in San Fer­nan­do. Among those re­ceiv­ing awards were vet­er­an co­me­di­an Er­rol Fa­bi­en, Ivan Toolsie, re­cip­i­ent of the Cha­co­nia Medal (Sil­ver), and re­porter Yvonne Webb.