Badagry Heritage Museum
A museum housed in a colonial district administration building dating from 1863, using objects and images to tell the history of the slave trade.
The museum is in the centre of Badagry town, in a British colonial-era district officials' office building dating from 1863. Its nine galleries cover the capture, transport and sale of enslaved people, with shackles, chains, trade goods and paintings on display, and a 'Freedom Statue' stands outside. It is small but information-rich, and the labels are in English. Admission is cheap. Nearby are the Victor Hadeys Slave Trade Relics Museum, the site of the first two-storey building and the site of the first church, all within walking distance.
Opening hours
Mon–Sat about 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Nearby sights
- Point of No Return, Badagry
- Kalakuta Republic Museum
- Balogun Market
- Lagos Central Mosque
- Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos
- Tarkwa Bay Beach
- Freedom Park Lagos
- Makoko Floating Community