History Museum

The Senegalese historical museum in Gorée is a museum that has affiliation with the fundamental Institute for Black Africa (FIBA) and can be located on the island of Gorée, on the bay of Dakar, in Senegal. It is devoted to the general history of the country, from the origin to independence, and particularly with that of Gorée, with, a particular but not exclusively, the need of explaining and of commemorating the trade of the slaves which prevailed in this area. 

History
The museum is at the northern end of the island, facing Dakar.
It was arranged in the Fort of Estrées, a citadel built by the French between 1852 and 1856 and which was named after the vice-admiral John II d'Estrées who took the island from the Dutchmen in 1677. The boats coming from the capital circumvent the ramparts before penetrating the port.
The fort itself never played a leading role, but when the allied troops tried to land on the island in 1940, they were received with barrel exchanges. Thereafter it was used as a civil prison until 1976.
In fact Goree already had been equipped with a first museum (1954-1969), arranged in the residence of the signare Victoria Albis, it had been bought from the former mayor. It was then called the historical Museum of the fundamental Institute for Black Africa (FIBA). In 1960, with the independence of Senegal, the reference to the FIBA lost its direction and the name was shortened in historical Museum. It was entirely transformed into 1970. But this middle class house which shelters today the Henriette-Bathily female museum proves to be confine too soon.
In 1977 the State alloted the fort to the fundamental Institute for Black Africa (FIBA) which undertook some important work of restoration directed by the Belgian anthropologist Guy Thilmans. Twelve years would be necessary and the new museum was inaugurated on March 3^rd  1989, at the moment when fundamental Institute for Black Africa (FIBA) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary.
Abdoulaye Camara became the Conservator from 1989 to 2005, date in which he took over Museum  for African Art of Dakar, also attached to the fundamental Institute for Black Africa (FIBA). He was replaced by Youssouf Mbargane Guissé.
Whereas in 1989 the museum received 5,713visitors (sold tickets), it accommodated 29,824 in 2004 at a period to mark the commemoration of the slave trade. Its public are mainly made up tourists that are visiting Gorée, but also many pupils and students accompanied by their teachers. 

Collections
Thirteen restored rooms encircles the place where the weapons are kept and shelter more than 500 objects, cards and documents recalling the history of Senegal.

Room 1: Cartography of Gorée, from 1681 to 1984.

Room 2: Paleolithic.

Room 3: Neolithic

Room 4: Shell accumulation.

Room 5: Sites of the river Senegal.

Room 6: Megaliths.

Room 7: Kingdoms (formerly known as the Room of the tumuli’s).

Room 8: Trafficking of blacks.

Room 9: Resistance.

Room 10: Europeans (renamed Crossroads of the Nations) 

Room 11: Islam (rehabilitated in 2003 with the assistance of the Islamic organization for education, sciences and the culture, ISESCO) 

Room 12: Independence.

Room 13: Room of the guns (onesells to with it today fabrics and objects of local arts and crafts)
 

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