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Maandag 08:00 - 16:00 Dinsdag 08:00 - 16:00 Woensdag 08:00 - 16:00 Donderdag 08:00 - 16:00 Vrijdag 08:00 - 16:00 Zaterdag 08:00 - 16:00 Zondag 09:00 - 15:00

Museum Kurá Hulanda

Name: Museum Kurá Hulanda
Address: Klipstraat # 9, Willemstad, CW, CW
Telephone: +59994629737
Price range: $
Rating: 5

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Curaçao
Willemstad
Museum Kurá Hulanda

Exhibits on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Curaçao’s colonial past; West-African Kingdoms; and ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.
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Fostering ongoing cultural conversations, community involvement, and scholarly research. Museum Kura Hulanda
Curaçao

Where the past looks over our shoulder

The forced relocation of Africans from Africa to the Americas and Caribbean by Europeans in the 17th to 19th Centuries changed the face of the world forever. Museum Kurá Hulanda is situated right at the city-center harbor of Willemstad, where Dutch entrepreneurs once traded and transshipped enslaved Africans along with other “commercial goods”. This museum impressively exhibits the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in its totally, from slave capture in Africa through the Middle Passage and relocation in the New World. Museum Kurá Hulanda further exhibits a vast collection of artifacts from continental Africa, showing the dynamic vitality and great Empires of West Africa, which in the largest collection of African artifacts in the Caribbean. Our museum has recently expanded its emphasis to include other non-Western Cultures of the world, and now hosts spectacular exhibitions of the fertile Crest Region in the Middle East, Pre-Columbian Gold of Colombia, Maroon cultures of Suriname, Africans in Brazil, Santeria/Voodoo, and much more. Museum Kurá Hulanda demonstrates that our African and diverse cultural heritage has influenced Curaçaoan and Caribbean societies until today. Initiated and developed by Jacob Gelt Dekker, The Museum Kurá Hulanda opened its door in April 1999. A museum of the History of Mankind.

03/10/2026

Rudmiro ku Shoty riba Wiri.
E silinder di e kaha di wiri aki tin 8 piesa riba dje. Esaki a wòrdu programá na Aruba dor di Alfonso Boekhoudt.

02/10/2026

🛖Siman di Kultura •

Trahá na aña 1912, e ka’i òrgel ‘Mi Orguyo’ a wòrdu traspasá di su tawela, pa su tio i pa aworaki Rudmiro Lovert.

Boso ta invitá riba djasabra 3 di òktober pa eksperiensiá, toka i siña tokante e historia di e ka’i òrgel na e patio di Museo Kurá Hulanda. Nos ta wardabu!

🛖Siman di Kultura •

Made in the year of 1912, the ‘ka’i òrgel’ ‘Mi Orguyo (My Pride)’ has been passed down from his grandfather to his uncle, and now to Rudmiro Lovert.

You are invited on the 3rd of October to experience, play, and learn about the history of the ‘ka’i òrgel’ on the outside terrace of The Kurá Hulanda Museum!

24/06/2026

📢 Please note that Kurá Hulanda Museum will be closing early on Thursday, 25 June 2026.
🕒 Open: 8:00 – 15:00 | Last entrance: 14:00
We're cheering on our Blue Wave as Curaçao takes on Ivory Coast in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group Stage! 🇨🇼⚽
Isla Chiki, Kurason na Luga!

20/05/2026

✨Durante siman di museo, Djabièrnè 22 di mei entrada ta gratis for di 16:00.
Tambe bo por partisipá gratuitamente den nos rekorido den nos ekshibishon.

Rekorido:
👉🏽The Transatlantic Slave Trade guiá pa Calviany Eleonora 16:15 i 17:00
👉🏽West-African Kingdoms guiá pa Rywelll Tramm
16:15 i 17:00

Por registrá den e lenk den nos bio!
🪘Kòrda keda pa e eksperiensia musical despues ku Ma Elia Isenia i Vernon Chatlein 18:00or.

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✨During museum week, entrance will be free from 16:00 onwards on Friday the 22nd of May.
You can freely participate in our exhibition tours.

👉🏽The Transatlantic Slave Trade guided by Calviany Eleonora | 16:15 i 17:00
👉🏽West-African Kingdoms guided by Rywelll Tramm
16:15 i 17:00

You can register in the link in the bio!

🪘And remember to stay for the musical experience with Ma Elia Isenia and Vernon Chatlein at 18:00!

19/05/2026

🛖Siman di Museo • Museum Week

Djabièrnè dia 22 di mei durante siman di Museo, nos lo ta habrí te ku 20:00.

Entre 18:00 pa 19:00 tin un programa speshal kaminda bo por eksperiensiá un inmershón musikal i ansestral presentá pa Ma Elia Isenia i Vernon Chatlein.

Entrada ta gratis for di 16:00.

Bini unu, yega tur 🫆💫🪘

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During the Museum week of Curaçao we will be open on Friday the 22nd until 20:00.

Between 18:00 - 19:00 there will be an inmersive and ansestral musical act by Ma Elia Isenia and Vernon Chatlein.

Entree is free from 16:00 onwards.

Come one, Come all 🫆💫🪘

26/02/2026

Calling in all Curaçaoan artists to apply for the international One Archipelago ’The Unspoken’ residency curated by which will be held at in Guadeloupe. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

04/02/2026

We are proud to continue to honor Nydia’s legacy with
the repair of “her wall” in the courtyard of the museum.

The wall was last restored by her daughter, Caresse Isings, back in 2021 and will be repainted this year by a local muralist. More will follow on this process and related events to honor Nydia’s legacy.

Museum Kurá Hulanda serves as a breathing platform that fosters ongoing cultural conversations, community involvement, and scholarly research to inspire and amplify
voices of the future

05/09/2025

We are closed on the afternoon of the 5th September 2025 to facilitate training to Museum staff and guides.
We will be back with our regular schedule on the 6th September 2025.
Thank you for your understanding!
MUSUEUM TEAM

13/06/2025

⚠️ Handle With Care
Archaeologist Tanya McCullough shared that when handling ancient artifacts, you NEVER lift them by the neck, handle, or any delicate part, always from the base, with two hands. 🙌🏽

She even removes jewelry and avoids wearing anything that could accidentally bump the object. Why? Some of these pieces are so fragile, they could crumble with the wrong move.

This is what real care for history looks like.

Follow us for more behind-the-scenes of the digitalization process.

12/06/2025

Some behind-the-scenes shots from the digitization process 📸
It’s not moving as fast as we hoped, but every step counts. Each object is handled with care, and each detail is documented. Slowly but surely, history is being preserved.

Follow us for more behind-the-scenes of the digitalization process.

Adres

Klipstraat # 9
Willemstad
CW

Openingstijden

Maandag	08:00 - 16:00
Dinsdag	08:00 - 16:00
Woensdag	08:00 - 16:00
Donderdag	08:00 - 16:00
Vrijdag	08:00 - 16:00
Zaterdag	08:00 - 16:00
Zondag	09:00 - 15:00

Telefoon

+59994629737

Website

https://kurahulandamuseum.com/

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