Museu Nacional da Escravatura
Museu Nacional da Escravatura
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This museum chronicles the history of the slave trade in present day Angola.
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3.5
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Olivier Rodrigues
Luanda, null, Angola66 contributions
Jul 2017 • Friends
It's just a small house with 5 rooms with information about slavery in Angola. One can visit this museum in 20 min. Still, worth the visit.
Written 9 March 2018
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Vincent_van_Halsema
Accra, Ghana312 contributions
Jan 2017 • Friends
It's a small museum with some general history about the slavery in Angola. You can access it during the day though I've occasionally found it closed during hours it was meant to be open. I would advise to pay a visit if you afterwards are planning to take the boat to mussulo for some Beachtime
Written 28 April 2017
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LeeMTucson_Arizona
Tucson, Arizona337 contributions
Mar 2014 • Friends
When we were at the Slave Museum, the Capela da Case Grande, where slaves were baptized prior to being put on slaver ships was under reconstruction. There wasn't much to see, and yet, you could sense the energy of the place. That, in itself, was worth the trip.
Written 26 February 2015
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SaintStacey
Kingston-upon-Hull, UK163 contributions
We were in Luanda for 3 years and tried on a number of occassions to visit this museum. Every visit we made or anyone we knew made we were told the museum is closed for refurbishment and will open next week. Over a 3 year period they told us the museum would re open next week and it never did.
Written 13 April 2007
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free-person
new york1 contribution
guys,
nothing to say exept - don't expect something WOW.
2 rooms, I big TV never works, some stuff from that period of time.
FEE is not fixed, so be careful with gasosa etc.
go there but don't expect to see "Museum"
nothing to say exept - don't expect something WOW.
2 rooms, I big TV never works, some stuff from that period of time.
FEE is not fixed, so be careful with gasosa etc.
go there but don't expect to see "Museum"
Written 20 June 2010
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ana13almeida
Lisbon, Portugal20 contributions
Jun 2013 • Friends
Don't expect too much, actually there isn't a lot to see. Very poor place with only a few photos and objects. In total there are two small rooms with very small information about slavery. The house is very nice and the view is good, as well.
Written 29 July 2013
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alan63
london3 contributions
Although small and merits little more than 30 minutes, it is atmospheric, fascinating and housed in a beautiful, colonnial chapel. A moving experience. Special thanks to the lady staff member, who went out of her way to explain the history and make me feel welcome. This museum encaptulates all that is wonderful about this fantastic ex-Portuguese colonny. Highly recommended.
Written 26 April 2009
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Djibuddha
Ginowan, Japan71 contributions
Apr 2013 • Business
This is an old house just south of Benfica owned by a slave dealer. Not a big house. The displays are lightly informative and mostly in Portuguese, of course. There is a parking lot outside the museum parking lot that is usually used by folks catching a boat to Mussulo. If you would be one of those, then this might not be a bad way to spend 15-20 minutes. There is also a pleasant view on the side facing the bay.
Written 18 April 2013
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Untamed Traveller
Brewer, ME5 contributions
Feb 2020 • Family
Visited with my kids. Great little museum with descriptions in English. Next to the museum was a local market with paintings and hand made items. Well worth the visit.
Written 21 February 2020
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Ary F
Dubai, United Arab Emirates99 contributions
May 2017
The museum is composed of two or three small rooms, no bigger than those of an average house. It has some print displays but the information there isn't much deeper than what you would get with a visit to Wikipedia. There's no flow to the visit, no apparent narrative to connect the rooms and only a handful of artifacts.
It's a shame such an important though sad topic on world history in which Angola was a major stage has such a poorly keep conceived place for people to learn about it.
But perhaps the worse part is that we were mostly likely tricked into unduly paying someone for the visit. They told us it was for the tickets, but when we took a careful look at them they didn't seem official at all, they talked of a guided tour that never existed, they were given out in a small room inside a nearby building, we didn't see a price table, and when we asked for change for a small denomination note they told us they didn't have any. And when we got to the museum no one asked us for the ticket.
Overall, the best thing about the museum is probably the view over the sea.
It's a shame such an important though sad topic on world history in which Angola was a major stage has such a poorly keep conceived place for people to learn about it.
But perhaps the worse part is that we were mostly likely tricked into unduly paying someone for the visit. They told us it was for the tickets, but when we took a careful look at them they didn't seem official at all, they talked of a guided tour that never existed, they were given out in a small room inside a nearby building, we didn't see a price table, and when we asked for change for a small denomination note they told us they didn't have any. And when we got to the museum no one asked us for the ticket.
Overall, the best thing about the museum is probably the view over the sea.
Written 6 May 2017
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All museum ticket entry is very cheap. Only cost 100-200kz. Or even free
Written 10 November 2017
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