Mémorial ACTe, Slavery memorial in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
Mémorial ACTe is a slavery memorial in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, covered in a distinctive silver mesh that wraps around dark exterior walls. The building spreads across several floors with exhibition rooms, viewing platforms and interior spaces designed to guide visitors through different thematic zones.
The facility opened in 2015 on the site of a former sugar factory where enslaved people were once forced to labor. This location was deliberately chosen to illustrate the economic structures that powered the transatlantic slave trade throughout the Caribbean.
The memorial draws its name from the French word acte meaning both act and deed, recalling legal documents that once recorded human beings as property. Today the space hosts temporary art exhibitions and public events that connect past injustices with current social movements across the Caribbean diaspora.
The center opens Tuesday through Sunday and offers guided tours in several languages that help visitors understand the exhibitions. Plan at least two hours to see the main areas without rushing through the displays.
Beneath the building lie the remains of the old sugar factory, including foundations and machinery parts that visitors can see through glass floor sections. These layers show the direct link between the architecture of remembrance and the sites of historical exploitation.
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