Landmark· Grande-Terre· Leeward Islands
Memorial ACTe
16° 13.9′ N · 61° 32.1′ W
The Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of the Slave Trade and Slavery, opened in 2015 on the site of the old Darboussier sugar factory: a striking black-granite and silver-lattice building on the harbour with a permanent exhibition spanning slavery from antiquity to today, and a hanging garden reached by a 275 m footbridge.
Practical
Position and hours from OpenStreetMap (relation 17327036): Tue-Sun 9am-6pm, phone +590 590 25 16 00 - check the museum site for current hours and prices. On the Pointe-a-Pitre waterfront, about 3 km by taxi from Bas-du-Fort. Allow 2-3 hours.
Best for
A morning of history ashore in Pointe-a-Pitre
Nearby
- Route du Rhum Finish (Pointe-a-Pitre)0.2 NM away
- Le Yacht Club (La Darse, Pointe-a-Pitre)0.3 NM away
- Marche de la Darse (Pointe-a-Pitre Fish Market)0.3 NM away
- Fete des Cuisinieres (Cooks' Festival)0.4 NM away
- Musee Schoelcher0.4 NM away
- Pointe-a-Pitre Market (Marche Saint-Antoine)0.4 NM away
- CHU de Guadeloupe0.6 NM away
- Guadeloupe Carnival0.6 NM away