Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum- Travel Tips
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Historical & Cultural
Benin
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Suggested Duration: 2 hours
The Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum, founded in 1957 by the Dahomey Institute, is located in Porto-Novo, Benin. Named after and operated by renowned ethnologist Alexandre Sènou Adandé, the museum houses collections that reflect the cultural and social history of the region. Adandé previously served as chief archivist and librarian at the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire in Dakar from 1948 to 1960, bringing scholarly expertise to the museum's development.

Reviews of Ethnographic Museum of Porto-Novo

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Arias martus N'diaye
    4
    Reviewed: 2021-09-12

    The Addandé history museum is located in the Ouémé department and is rich in discovery and history taken for a tour

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Desnos Mevo
    2
    Reviewed: 2021-07-12

    Like all public museums in Benin, they would benefit from being better maintained in order to make themselves more attractive.

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Jean-Claude Zossou
    3
    Reviewed: 2020-05-16

    A museum which constitutes an introduction to the culture of the South-East region of Benin (Porto-Novo) and in particular to Guélédé societies. You can also see musical instruments and dance accessories, such as the sacred drums of Nikki and Porto-Novo, horns, zithers as well as ritual instruments used to interrogate the Fâ and weapons… The collections are very wealthy, but, due to lack of space, a part is on the reserves.

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Adoris Yeme
    3
    Reviewed: 2019-12-12

    The Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum is a place to discover the cultural heritage of the ethnic groups of Benin. A large reserve of Benin's cultural and ethnic heritage, there are Guèlèdè masks, wooden sculptures, Fa trays, musical instruments, blades and firearms, initiation objects, a forge, objects royal…

  • attractions-reviews-avatar Tessilimi Kamarou
    5
    Reviewed: 2017-08-08

    located in the city of porto_novo in benin more precisely in the town of oganla right next to the urban school center of porto_novo and the charles de gaulle stadium of porto_novo, the ethnographic museum of porto_novo is the second most popular museum in porto_novo

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