Musée du Nouveau Monde

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The Musée du Nouveau Monde is a museum in La Rochelle, France, dedicated to the history and cultural exchanges between France and the Americas, particularly focusing on colonialism, slavery, and the Atlantic trade.

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instanceOf history museum
museum
architecturalStyleOfBuilding 18th-century hôtel particulier
country France
dedicatedTo Atlantic trade
history of colonialism
history of relations between France and the Americas
history of slavery
focusesOn French colonial expansion in the Americas
cultural exchanges between Europe and the Americas
history of La Rochelle’s maritime trade with the New World
transatlantic slave trade
triangular trade
foundedBy La Rochelle
surface form: Ville de La Rochelle
hasCollectionType decorative arts
ethnographic objects
historical documents
maps
paintings
prints
sculptures
hasEducationalProgram guided tours for schools
workshops on slavery and colonial history
hasExhibitionTheme African diaspora in the Americas
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
abolition of slavery
everyday life in the colonies
memory of slavery
representation of the Americas in European art
hasRoleIn raising awareness of France’s role in the Atlantic slave trade
hasWebsite official website of Musée du Nouveau Monde
heritageDesignation monument historique (for the building Hôtel Fleuriau)
inception 1982
languageOfWorkOrName French
locatedIn Charente-Maritime
La Rochelle
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
historic center of La Rochelle
nearby Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle
Port of La Rochelle
surface form: Vieux-Port of La Rochelle
occupiesBuilding Hôtel Fleuriau
operatedBy municipality of La Rochelle
ownedBy La Rochelle
surface form: Ville de La Rochelle
partOf museums of La Rochelle
streetAddress 10 rue Fleuriau
subjectOf studies on memory of slavery in France
tourist guides to La Rochelle

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La Rochelle hasMuseum Musée du Nouveau Monde