Place
Museum of Black Civilisations
Culture / history
Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal
A state museum in central Dakar exploring Black civilisations across deep history, creativity and the contemporary world.
Why go
Why visit this place?
Use the museum to place Senegal within a wider African and diasporic story before encountering Dakar's streets and the memory landscape of Gorée.
Visiting
Getting there
The museum is near the Place de la Gare. Confirm the current entrance, exhibitions and opening arrangements with the institution.
Journey into culture
The Foods You Will Discover
Food carries local history, ingredients, and family knowledge. These foods are connected with this Place or its surrounding region; availability and preparation can vary.
Pastels
Small fried filled pastries, often fish-based and served with a tomato-onion sauce.
A familiar Dakar food discovery.
Discover this food →Thiakry
Sweet millet granules commonly served with cultured milk or yoghurt.
Widely encountered in Dakar and nationally.
Discover this food →Yassa
Rice served with a bright onion-and-citrus preparation, commonly paired with chicken or fish.
Widely encountered in Dakar and across Senegal.
Discover this food →Journey
How to reach Museum of Black Civilisations
Begin with a practical starting point, then follow the route and local knowledge that lead to this Place.
A detailed public Journey to this Place has not been added yet. The visiting notes below may still help with planning.
Continue exploring
Continue from Museum of Black Civilisations
This Place can also become the starting point for another discovery.
Dakar and Gorée
Begin with Dakar's museums and city life, then cross by public ferry to Gorée for a walking journey through a living island and a consequential landscape of memory.
Continue with this Journey →Dakar, Saint-Louis and Djoudj
Travel north from Dakar to Saint-Louis, give the river island its own time, then continue separately toward Djoudj for managed wetland discovery.
Continue with this Journey →Dakar, Tambacounda and Niokolo-Koba
Cross Senegal eastward from Dakar to Tambacounda, then continue southeast toward the Dar Salam approach. The Safari begins only after the controlled park arrival.
Continue with this Journey →Dakar, Toubacouta and the Saloum Delta
Leave Dakar for Toubacouta, then enter the Saloum Delta by locally arranged pirogue through tidal channels, mangroves and cultural landscapes.
Continue with this Journey →No public photos have been added yet.