KINGSTON, Jamaica: President Obama's unannounced visit to the Bob Marley Museum

Pres. Barack Obama at Bob Marleys Museum

Wednesday, April 08, 2015 | 9:46 PM  

KINGSTON, Jamaica – United States President Barack Obama makes a late night visit to the Bob Marley Museum after he landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston Wednesday evening.

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, visits
 the Bob Marley Museum with tour guide
 Natasha Clark, left, Wednesday,
 April 8, 2015 in Kingston, Jamaica. 

The Hope Road facility, which has been in operation for nearly 30 years, recently reopened it's doors after some structural upgrade.

The museum is reported to attract some 35,000 visitors per year. And President Obama has now been added to that list.

Bob Marley became a superstar in the 1970s, a fruitful period for roots-reggae. He lived at what became the museum in May 11, 1986.

He died of cancer in May 1981 at age 36. more