The company's sugar and other agro operations were closed shortly after the Manning PNM administration took office following the 2002 general election.
However the company continued to exist to complete a number of administrative tasks. It is currently under the chairman of Jerry Hospedales.
Finance Minister Winston Dookeran made the announcement about the museum during his budget presentation in September last year.
He said it would be part of a new tourism thrust that will "upgrade our sites and attractions to maximise their potential and attractiveness to both local and foreign visitors."
Sevilla was built in the 19th century as the home of the top executive of the Tate and Lyle sugar company, which owned most of the sugar plantations in Trinidad and Tobago.
When the Williams government bought the company and created Caroni (1975) Limited, Sevilla became one of the administrative offices.
The Human Resources department was located there until the Manning government closed the sugar company.
Persad-Bissessar would launch the project at 11.30 in the morning and then go to Ste. Madeleine to commission the Navet Trunk main replacement project, which is one of the major undertakings to increase pip[e borne water supplies to tens of thousands.
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