Museum of Abolition — Afro-Brazilian Culture Centre

Historical and cultural context

Federal museum dedicated to the memory of slavery, abolition, resistance and Afro-Brazilian cultures. Meu Recife places the site within the editorial thread “Recife · memory · Black memory · citizenship”. This reading first establishes the documented cultural role, then keeps it separate from mutable hours, admission and exhibition programming.

What to notice on site

Begin with these source-grounded themes: Afro-Brazilian memory, resistance and citizenship. They are not a generic attraction checklist, but prompts derived from this specific profile's evidence. Compare the collection with the building that contains it, and notice how the institution connects memory, research and public narrative.

Relationship with the city and district

Museum of Abolition — Afro-Brazilian Culture Centre is in Madalena, Recife. The atlas connects it to the “Recife · memory · Black memory · citizenship” circuit, grouping places by theme and geography without inventing a single chronology. Treat the approach, nearby streets and shifts in urban scale as part of the visit: they explain how the place belongs to this part of the city.

Verified facts

Every fact below is linked to this profile’s source codes.

Location

Madalena · Recife

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Listed address

Rua Benfica, 1150

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Documented focus

Federal museum dedicated to the memory of slavery, abolition, resistance and Afro-Brazilian cultures.

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Evidence basis

Identity, location and cultural relevance are supported by primary evidence.

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Original Meu Recife editorial copy based only on this profile's source codes. It does not reproduce third-party text in full or turn a community-guide opinion into fact.

Before visiting

Reference address

Rua Benfica, 1150, Madalena, Recife — PE

Museums & memory

1–2 hours

What can change

Hours, tickets, accessibility and temporary closures can change. Confirm with the official source before visiting.

Getting there

Coordinates published by an institutional source

Reference address

Rua Benfica, 1150

District and city

Madalena · Recife, PE

Verified coordinates

-8.056521, -34.908816