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Badagry Heritage Museum

Badagry, Lagos State · South West

Photograph: Yemi festus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Museum in the former District Officer's building documenting Badagry's role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Why it matters

Badagry's heritage museums hold the town's documentation of the transatlantic slave trade, presented as historical education and remembrance.

History

Badagry Heritage Museum occupies a colonial-era administrative building in Badagry town. Its galleries document the transatlantic slave trade through documents, shackles and local testimony, and connect to other slave-route sites in the town.

Cultural significance

Family-held relics and town collections keep the record in local custody rather than only in national institutions.

Travel guidance

Responsible travel

Treat the collections as memorial material. Photography rules vary by museum — ask first.

Visitors should follow local guidance and community protocols. Do not enter restricted sacred areas, remove artefacts, disturb wildlife or damage archaeological remains.