Kurá Hulanda Museum
The Kurá Hulanda Museum is an anthropological museum located in the Kura Hulanda Village district of Willemstad, Curaçao. The museum teaches about the Atlantic slave trade, and African history in the Caribbean, and was opened in April 1999 by Jacob Gelt Dekker.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Willemstad, Curaçao
- Also known as: “Kura Hulanda Museum”
- Address: Klipstraat 9, Otrobanda
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queen Emma Bridge and Fort Amsterdam.
Queen Emma Bridge
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Queen Emma Bridge is a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay on Curaçao island in the Dutch Caribbean. It connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the capital city, Willemstad. Queen Emma Bridge is situated 240 metres south of Kurá Hulanda Museum.
Fort Amsterdam
Photo: Dh3201, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Amsterdam is a fort located in Willemstad, Curaçao. It was constructed in 1634 by the Dutch West India Company and served not only as a military fort but also as the headquarters of the WIC. Fort Amsterdam is situated 400 metres south of Kurá Hulanda Museum.
Penha Building, Curaçao
Historic building
Photo: Richardprins, Public domain.
Penha Building, Curaçao is a historic building, which is situated 320 metres southeast of Kurá Hulanda Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willemstad and Otrobanda.
Willemstad
Photo: Ghettocash, CC BY 2.0.
Willemstad is the capital and largest city of Curaçao. The city center and the waterfront is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Willemstad is mostly a destination for cruise ship tourists who usually spend one or two days there at most.
Otrobanda
Suburb
Photo: Roger W, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Otrobanda is one of the historic quarters of Willemstad, located at the southwest side of the city, in Curaçao, a Lesser Antilles island in the Dutch Caribbean. Otrobanda was founded in 1707, and has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Fleur de Marie
Neighborhood
Photo: Margo Groenewoud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fleur de Marie is a neighborhood.
Kurá Hulanda Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Curaçao, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
12.10823° or 12° 6′ 30″ northLongitude
-68.93557° or 68° 56′ 8″ westOpen location code
774H4357+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 295125529OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1789475
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Kurá Hulanda Museum” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kura Hulanda Museum”
- Dutch: “Museum Kura Hulanda”
- Dutch: “Museum Kurá Hulanda”
- French: “musée Kura Hulanda de Willemstad”
- French: “Musée Kura Hulanda de Willemstad”
- German: “Kura Hulanda Museum”
- Slovenian: “Muzej Kurá Hulanda”
- Spanish: “Museo Kura Hulanda”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kurá Hulanda Museum”. Photo: -JvL-, CC BY 2.0.