Pompey Museum of Slavery & Emancipation
Pompey Museum
A small museum in a former 18th-century auction house, telling the story of slavery, resistance and emancipation in the Bahamas.
The Pompey Museum is housed in the Vendue House on Bay Street. Built in the 18th century, the building was once an auction house where goods, including enslaved people, were sold. The museum is named after Pompey, who led an enslaved people's uprising at Exuma in 1830. It displays documents, shackles and everyday objects, and tells the story of slavery in the Bahamas, the abolition of slavery in 1834, and the history and culture of Afro-Bahamians since then. The museum is small, a visit takes about 30 to 45 minutes, admission is inexpensive, and it is only a few steps from the Straw Market.
Opening hours
Closed Sundays; 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Nearby sights
- Nassau Straw Market
- Pirates of Nassau Museum
- Christ Church Cathedral
- Government House
- Graycliff
- Parliament Square
- National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
- Junkanoo Beach