badagry slave museum and black history museum

This is one of several sites in Badagry. Taken together, they give a remarkable picture of the Slave Trade there. For a British white, it was a relief to see evidence of the existence of the Slave Trade before Europeans arrived. Some of the exhibits, like chains, are pretty gruesome, but I'm glad I went. I agree with previous reviewers that it would be wrong to expect too much, but the sense of the closeness of this part of the past is intense.

I visited the the 1st storey building in Nigeria and the Slave Trade museum with my family. Visitors should not expect anything particularly spectacular because while the management have tried to keep this place as a museum housing pieces of history, it could be much improved upon. The local authorities should invest in preserving this place better and make it easier for tourists and others to visit.

Visited the 1st Storey building in Nigeria and the Slave Trade Place with kids.Do not expect a tourist attraction in the first world country.I however still give them credit that they tried to keep this to educate future generations.I wanted some literature I to buy so my kids to take however there are little or no literature, which I think they should have for tourist to purchase and take home. I only managed to get a postcard.I would suggest they should introduce tickets e.g. family tickets (with a cheaper tariff or incentive) where you can visit all the attractions in the area for one fee - camera fee inclusive rather than fee per place visited in the area.It is a good place to visit to learn and educate oneself about the Slave Trade Movement It can be upsetting to see and hear some things e.g. number of able bodied men traded for mirrors, umbrella, gin etc. For reasons of the kids, decided not to go on point of no return as we need a boat to cross over to the other side of the river.In summary, I had to say to myself people are free today as a result of sacrifices people paid.

The exhibits are spread over two floors of an old house. Some very interesting stuff here, but I would have appreciated being given more time to look at the exhibits and the accompanying notes rather than listening quite so much to the guide.I also wondered about the historical accuracy of some of what we were told. For example, the guide insisted that male house slaves were routinely castrated in the American South, whereas such a practice, if it did occur, would be rare and certainly not the norm.

This place preserves the memory of the worst kind of horror humans are capable of towards fellow humans. You will learn how people were captured like wild game, traded like chattel and shipped off to the new world like merchandise. And all this happened at a time when there was no collective conscience in any country in the world to stop it on moral ground... no UN, no Nuremberg trials, no Amnesty International and no Human Rights watch groups to keep record of what happened here. The local authorities should invest in preserving this place better and make it easier for tourists and travellers to visit.

A worthy place like this, certainly deserves more than one review on tripadvisor. And a constructive one.I have all praise for this fantastic Museum which gives you a peek through of Trans Atlantic Slave trade that flourished for 3 centuries starting 1500AD. Badagry was one of many trading and transport hubs in West Africa from where approx 550k slaves were sold to slave merchants and and shipped to western world to lead a miserable life- the live of a slave.The two floor museum has nine galleries, lots of paintaings, writing, sketches, photos, sculptures and other salvaged historical records that documented the painful past of many who went through the worst differentiaion humanity has seen. We reached there on a Sunday and were warmly recieved by the two idle attendants. It was quite a non-nigerian experience. The historian was professional , non demanding and had all the details and patience to take around places like these. The place connected us to history like none of our experiences before. Would strongly urge people traveling Nigeira to visit this place. Its quite a safe place to be. Can be comfortably covered from Lagos in a day. Apart from the museum in Badagry, one can also enjoy a fantastic boat ride to point of No Return near by.

The Slave Museum contains great information but the presentation is poor and located in several small rooms. Great original art works are exhibited in the grounds of the Museum. Also of interest is the nearby Baracoon compound where enslaved people were held in tiny rooms before being despatched across the Atlantic. The dilapidated site now houses local people and a room showing some of the items traded for people.