A thought-provoking museum that explores the slave trade and Liverpool’s involvement in issues such as freedom, identity, human rights, racial discrimination and cultural change has been opened in Liverpool. Named International Slavery Museum, it is the first national museum in the world to deal with transatlantic slavery and its legacies.
The museum opened on 23rd August, the date chosen as a reminder that enslaved Africans were the main agents of their own liberation. It’ll feature new dynamic, powerful and moving displays about the story of the transatlantic slave trade, uncovering the largely hidden account of the exploitation of Africa and Africans.
The Freedom Wall, freedom sculptor, life-sized recreation of a Nigerian Igbo Compound are highlights of the museum. There is a walk-in audio-visual display to graphically illustrate the appalling conditions on slave ships.
Also, there is a wall dedicated to 76 Black Achievers, past and present, an interactive Music Desk which will chart the origins of today’s popular music from the transatlantic slave trade, featuring 200 recordings. The museum features Anthony Walker Education Centre that will provide a space for specially created education sessions about the legacy of racial intolerance left behind by the transatlantic slave trade
Opening hours:
From 29 August, the museum will open daily 10am-5pm, excluding Christmas Day, Boxing Day and News Year’s Day.
Image Credit for the first picture.
Source: IHT
