CRDS Museum
Musée du Centre de recherches et de documentation du Sénégal
A local history museum in a colonial-era building at the southern tip of the island, covering the history of Saint-Louis, the cultures of the Senegal River valley, and the mixed-race women merchants of the colonial period.
The CRDS (Centre de recherches et de documentation du Sénégal) museum sits at the southern tip of the island, at the bridge head leading to Guet Ndar, in a 19th-century colonial building. Its displays cover traditional clothing, musical instruments and tools from the Senegal River valley, old photographs documenting how Saint-Louis has changed over time, and the lives of the signares (wealthy mixed-race women merchants of the colonial era). It is a small museum; allow about 45 minutes. Admission is inexpensive, and it is a good place to learn about the old town's background.
Opening hours
About 09:00–17:00 (check on site)
Nearby sights
- Guet Ndar
- Musée de la Photographie de Saint-Louis
- Fishermen's Cemetery (Thiaka Ndiaye)
- St. Louis Cathedral (Saint-Louis, Senegal)
- Palais de la Gouvernance & Place Faidherbe
- Hôtel de la Poste
- Island of Saint-Louis
- Faidherbe Bridge