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Join the Royal Museums Greenwich on Saturday 23rd August 2025 to mark International Slavery Remembrance Day for a day of workshops, screenings, sonic performances, and more.

On 23rd August 1791, enslaved people on the island of Saint Domingue (modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) rose up against French colonial rule.

The uprising played a crucial role in the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

That's why, on 23rd August each year, the National Maritime Museum commemorates International Slavery Remembrance Day and the long struggle for emancipation throughout the world.

This year's programme will focus on the themes of resistance, care, and collective memory while we bear witness to the resilience of the enslaved and their descendants. Activities will be in conversation with the newly installed artwork, Jacqueline Bishop's The Keeper of All The Secrets at the Queen's House, which carefully tends to the importance of intergenerational dialogue and creative agency. The day will conclude with an Emancipation ceremony at the River Thames where guests are invited to join us in a collective act of remembrance.

Find out more here.

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Booking & Payment Details

  • Free Entry

Children

  • Children welcome

Map & Directions

Road Directions

Enter from Romney Road or King William Walk.

Public Transport Directions

Cutty Sark DLR station is closed, go to Greenwich DLR and walk 10 mins or get on Bus no. 177 which stops directly outside the museum. Alternatively you can get off at Maze Hill.

International Slavery Remembrance Day

Type:Historical Event

National Maritime Museum and Queen's House, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF
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Tel+44 (0)20 8312 6608

Opening Times

National Maritime Museum (23 Aug 2025)
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Saturday10:00 - 17:00
Queen's House (23 Aug 2025)
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Saturday10:00 - 17:00

Awards

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