The primary functions of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust are:
. To promote the preservation of national monuments and anything designated as protected national heritage for the benefit of the Island;
. To conduct such research as it thinks necessary or desirable for the purposes of the performance of its functions under the Jamaica National Heritage Act;
. To carry out such development as it considers necessary for the preservation of any national monuments or anything designated as protected national heritage;
. To record any precious objects or works of art to be preserved and to identify and record any species of botanical or animal life to be protected.
Objetivo:
. To foster a sense of national pride and identity through heritage education.
. To identify, research, record, interpret, regulate, protect and preserve the material cultural heritage resources of the Jamaican people.
. To promote the sustainable utilization and management of our material cultural heritage resources.