Mercado de Escravos - Núcleo Museológico Rota da Escravatura in Portimao

Informational. Very well done, though a short 20 minute max of time is needed to complete.

Beautiful small museum to learn about slavery under the Portuguese colonial era.

A very well exhibited and curated piece of Portuguese history. Albeit very sad. Again, the people at the reception were amazing!

It is a small but really interesting museum. Adding on top of that low price for a ticket I recommend visiting it to learn a bit of this sad part of history

A much needed museum about slavery in Portugal.

Must visit . Museum does not ho into the finer details of the slave trade which was disappointing

We were not able to enter since it is cash only. Its the year 2022...

How can they call it museum? I propose a different experience, sit down on a bench of plaza Infante Dom Enrique and read a Wikipedia article about Slavery in Portugal. It’s free and more educational than this tourist trap.

Amazing amount of information about the history of travel and the slave trade

It is a place of interest but with very little to see or to learn from. If you are walking by and have 5 minutes to spare, drop by.

Having visited the Guadeloupe slavery museum, I find this exhibition very sad. While the people ripped from their roots and families no doubt "contributed to the culture", there was also a tremendous amount of human suffering, which this museum mostly ignores.

After genuinely looking forward to this visit, I left bitterly disappointed. I don’t want to dissuade anybody else from visiting, because the potential to educate visitors on a topic that is too rarely discussed, is truly valuable. But what I saw today felt like a token gesture, a box ticking exercise. So little effort has been put into the curation of the ‘exhibition’. I share this review in the hope that it will inspire a rethink by the owners of this museum. Let me break this down:(1the museum is tiny. I appreciate the fact the historic location means that floor space was always going to be limited, but why the disinterested staff? The cashier on the ground floor somehow forgot to mention that there was a second floor to the museum - at least 3 times as big as the ground floor - but you do have to exit the building entirely and take an exterior staircase upwards that is located on a side street of the building. Even with the second floor though, which some other reviewers have unsurprisingly missed, the layout and delivery of information in the museum does not make efficient use of the floor space at all.(2speaking of uninterested staff, neither of the 2 staff members working when I visited had nothing to say or share about the museum - even after I went out of my way to ask questions.I cannot say that they were intentionally rude because such a statement would not be true. But I left the museum feeling as though I had just donated money to yet another tourist trap, because of this. If the people who work at the museum seemingly don’t care about the museum, I’m forced to wonder what my entrance fee is going towards - and what the true motives/intentions of the owners of this museum are. Combined with the size of the museum (see point 1 aboveand the limited curation (point 3 below), I have to wonder if this museum is truly an attempt to educate - or if it is a shameless attempt to cash in on tourism.(3the curation is poor. The information is limited by floor space availability but even ignoring that fact - there is no flow or narrative to the experience. There is no journey - guests are confronted with random snippets of information without context and unrelated to the exhibits surrounding them (I.e. authentic metal handcuffs, with no information or context of these that were used to physically restrain slaves, right next to an ivory elephant tusk - also with no real information or context). Having visited over 100+ museums in my time, this attempt by this museum to convey and curate information in a meaningful and impactful way easily ranks as the worst I have seen. And with such a sensitive topic matter, this point is extra painful. As another reviewer put it, anybody who has the ability to read will learn more from Wikipedia in 10 mins - compared to the content and offering of this museum. I’m doubly concerned that you haven’t even bothered to have qualified historians contribute to the content of the museum. It is equally apparent that you haven’t asked Portuguese people who hail from African descent, what they feel about about the museum and the casual language the your curators have used to describe one of the biggest atrocities in the history of mankind. Lastly, please consult someone with a formal education in museum curation… they will no doubt relay my my points above in a far more articulate manner. Too many shortcuts have been taken here - and for such a profound topic, please understand that this has the potential to come across as flippant (at bestor disrespectful (at worst).(4please work on the tone of delivery. Lauding Prince Henry the Navigator (or whatever his name wasas the bastion of European culture, for Exporting European principles abroad… without a single counter argument anywhere in the museum to suggest that his actions were hugely problematic from many other perspectives (particularly in a museum that is literally named after slaveryis somewhat tone deaf. I saw the same thing done at the Sagres Fortress - I can only assume that he is some sort of national hero then…

Short experience

Too small only 1 room. I didnt feel it was worth the price.

Nice

Muy lindo. In the middle of all my target .

Its good to acknowledge and not deny this dark spot in Portuguese history. Nearly all the displays are tall, isolated, black, boxed columns with a presentation that lights up when visited. Museum is divided into upper and lower halves to accommodate all exhibits, requiring you to step outside to switch to the other half.

Not so many information, not much more than you can find somewhere on Wikipedia

This is a small museum dedicated to Lagos former role in the slave trade. A noble goal, by all means. I found the information quite limited; I had hoped to learn more from it.Best for adults. Children wont find this engaging.

The overall experience is clear and understandable for the average tourist, but the historical information and artifacts available are extremely limited. One of the info panels did not function. Unfortunately, we ended up resolving question marks and gathering most important information on the internet after our visit.

The place doesnt full fit my expectations, but the entry ticket is free so it is OK, if I had to pay I will be really disappointed. PS. The first floor is without an elevator

Portugal did not create slavery. But it sure had a very important role in its globalization. It is a shameful chapter of its history. This museum does a good job in sharing that story. Its a small museum, you can easily cover it in 20min, and you will learn alot.

In my opinion they sould burn it down.

Interesting Museum. Definitely worth a visit

Well worth the visit

A small exploration of the invlovement of the Portugese in the slave trade pre dating much of other European countries. English translations rather odd and quite surprising given the effort to produce techy displays. Ground floor is accessible, but second floor can only be accessed via stairs.

It doesnt worth...

Quite good. Cheap.

The museum of slavery is beautifully set up but thats where anything useful ends. The receptionist on the first floor barely looked up from her computer screen and spent all our visit looking at cat memes. The exhibits themselves are poorly organised, the entries (at least translated in Englishare distasteful and racist and worse, there is no attempt by either the curator or those working at the museum to offer any good or educational service.The museum is quite frankly offensive, shoddily thought out and a testament to the intransigence of racism and white supremacist thinking in Lagos, Portugal.

Plenty to do and see, has interesting museums and sites go looking around

It was really nice atmosphere and the food was ok

Just boards of info. Nothing inspiring

Very poor museum, not mutch to see and very repetitive

Not recommended. I would have expected to find documents and pictures telling and explaining this atrocious period in Portugal and rest of Europe from an historical and human point of you. The visit is not worth a penny.

Very interesting matter but tiny exhibition. Considering the location and the touristic ticket history I was expecting something more

Pretty small, expected a lot more to see. It takes place inside one small building with two stories. Interesting though

A moving monument to the people trafficed through Lagos and Portugal. Sensitively put together with a focus on the barbarity the humans who were torn from their homes suffered. Excellently informed and helpful staff too

well few artefacts, high prices

This is not very big, but interesting for to the fact, that the slaves were sold at this market.There is a small museum, which I did not visit, so I cannot comment on it.

A really spiritual place with alot of energy

A museum with few artefacts.. only half a dozen original items on display. Electronic screens depicted in Portuguese and English give a brief summary of the slave trade but it does not go in to much detail at all. Does very little to explain the situation in which slaves were captured and transported and exploited. If you know absolutely nothing about the history of slavery then visit the place, otherwise spend the €3 entrance fee on a couple of glasses of wine at a local wine bar and look up Wikipedia!

Somewhat disappointing really. With such a huge subject matter and prime historical location I had hoped for more. Its lacking scale and content really. A shame.

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Two story structure, housing a modest museum about the Slave trade. It was formally a military office, that the slaves walked past, as they offloaded from the ships. Docent is well informed about the middle passage, and when questioned, was able to answer questions about the number of slaves per vessel.Directed me to the plaza, before the former city entrance, where the slaves were actually auctioned.Electronic tablets are issued for the tour can be pointed at exhibits for extended information. Excellent maps of the various slave trade routes.An institution worth supporting.

It was closed that day (26/12).. :(I was looking forward to this visit..

The Mercado dos Escravos (Slave Marketis not what it seems to claim to be. The historical building, with a modest exhibition about the Portuguese slave trade, may have been this or may have been that, but once inside the museum itself denies that it was a market. Nevertheless, it is worth a visit especially for the uninformed.

OK museum about the slave trade. Not sure they fully understand how bad it was!

Small interesting interactive. Attractive, modern displays. But could do more to convey the horror and suffering of slavery. And how did slavery end. Perhaps a nod to modern day slavery which still exists today.

Interesting introduction to the slave trade in Europe. A small museum that is worth a visit.

We had a short (20 minutevisit to this small but interesting museum to the slave trade that was connected to Lagos, Portugal. Upstairs they give you a tablet that connects with the displays and is full of information. Very well organized and informative. No need for a long visit though.