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Musée du Nouveau Monde

La Rochelle

Step into an exquisite 18th-century mansion where La Rochelle's uncomfortable past comes alive. This singular French museum traces the city's pivotal role in the triangular trade and transatlantic slave trade through thoughtfully curated exhibits across four floors.

18th-century mansion setting
confronts slave trade history
thought-provoking exhibits
unique in France

Tips

🏛️"Should be a pilgrimage site for anyone interested in the evolution of the Rights of Man discourse"
closes over lunch — plan morning or afternoon visit
🇫🇷most exhibits in French, check English availability

Musée du Nouveau Monde

10 Rue Fleuriau, 17000 La Rochelle, France

Upcoming at Musée du Nouveau Monde

Thursday, Jun 11
Exposition « ABOLITIONS »

Exposition « ABOLITIONS »

June 11

Step through the Fleuriau family archives and watch the paper trail of revolt unfold. Original plantation journals and correspondence trace the uprisings in Saint-Domingue that forced freedom into law, while a haunting sound installation gives voice to what history tried to silence.