House of Slaves
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House of Slaves

Museum ·

Museum memorializing slave trade victims, Door of No Return

door of no return
educational place
historical place
slave trade history
transatlantic slave trade
moving experience
gorée island
powerful place
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Dakar, Senegal Get directions

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+221 77 649 38 24

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Mike & Brittnie L.

Google
The House of Slaves on Gorée Island is a powerful and emotional place to visit. Walking through the rooms and seeing the Door of No Return is deeply moving and gives important context to the transatlantic slave trade. The museum is well preserved and educational, making it an essential stop for understanding this history. A sobering but necessary experience that leaves a lasting impact.

Madan Gopal M.

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Located in Gorée Island near the coast of Dakar, is a grim reminder of brutalities and atrocities committed by colonial regimes and inhuman slave trade, the "Door of No Return" where slaves were sentenced to death. It's necessary to engage a guide to understand all the historical facts.

Lorena Ruiz D.

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Horrifying history. It’s important to learn about the atrocities but I wouldn’t say it was enjoyable. Such a beautiful place saw such ugly acts

Martina de V.

Google
Interesting to visit and get to know the history. Well maintained considering the pictures of how it was in the past and earlier used for housing. It was a bit crowded right before closure on a weekday. I visited during a school trip. Very cute to see all the children, had to wait for their guide to finish his story as they were a big group before being able to go up. But could enter the premises immediately. Opposite to the building you will find an open door to get the tickets.

C N.

Google
A very interesting visit of this slave house where masters and slaves lived in the same space, but very differently. The upstairs where the masters lived are bright and airy. The below living spaces for slaves were unspeakable. A very educational place.

Djoeke A

Google
Visit this museum when you are at the island. Tickets for non-Senegalese are 1.500CFA and the explanations are both in French and English. Very insightful regarding both the trans-Atlantic slave trade and past life at the island.

Tomas J.

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Impressive historical place from which the slaves left to Americas. Different parts display the rooms where the slaves were kept in very hard conditions.

Holden G.

Google
Very moving. Though I wish some of the other tourists would take it more seriously and not take glamour photo shots in the doorway of no return… there are plenty of other spots to do that. Don’t do that in that solemn portal, please. So some respect and decency or just stay away. Just my two cents…