Kura Hulanda Museum
9 Klipstraat, Willemstad, Curaçao, Curacao, Caribbean
Detailed Information
In the late 1990s, he was approached by the Government of Curaçao to develop the western quayside in Otrobanda where the slave ships arrived with slaves to be sold at the nearby slave market. Dekker decided to buy the derelict buildings on the quay and market, restore the buildings to their original condition, and open a museum at the site specialising in the Atlantic slave trade.
The Kurá Hulanda Museum was an initiative of Jacob Gelt Dekker.
