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Exhibitions
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Exhibitions
History of slavery
It is often said that the Seychellois people is a melting pot of races. Indeed, this cliché amply describes the composition of the Seychellois Creole nation. The people of Seychelles represent an ethnic diversity that dates from the second half of the 18th century. In 1835, when the abolition of slavery came into force in all British colonies, 6,521 slaves…
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Exhibitions
Pierre Poivre
Three hundred years ago today, a French boy was born at Lyon in France, the son of a merchant. History would ordain that Pierre Poivre would five decades later be instrumental in giving Seychelles a source of economic prosperity, a prosperity which would arrive more than a century after his death in 1786. In 1772 during the last year of…
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Upcoming Exhibitions
Temporary Exhibitions
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Temporary / Travelling Exhibitions
The History of Slavery Exhibition
The National Museums in collaboration with the National Archives and the National Library, under the aegis of the National Institute for Culture, Heritage and the Arts is organizing a traveling exhibition entitled “The History of Slavery in Seychelles”, the exhibition will be present in the different schools in Seychelles, with the aim of…
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Events
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Public Speaking and Poetry Competition
The Seychelles National Museum is organizing a Poetry Competition and Public Speaking competition Poetry Registration form PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION REGISTRATION FORM
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Upcoming Events
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45th Anniversary of Seychelles Independence 1976-2021
Commemorating the 45th Anniversary of Seychelles Independence 1976-2021 Slide shows and documentaries as from 23-25 and 30th June from 0930 hrs to 1600 hrs at the National Museum of…
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Special Events
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Special Events
250 Years Anniversary
The 250th Anniversary of The first settlement in Seychelles 1770-2020 Two hundred and fifty years ago, on the 27th August of 1770, the first settlers arrived in Seychelles aboard the ‘Télémaque’. There were twenty-eight of them: 15 white men: Delaunay, Anselme, Berville, Drieux, Bernard, Lavigne, Jean-Jaques et Michel Boab, Jean-Marie Fustel, Charles Aumont, Joseph Bonne Avoine, Jean Thomas Gorineau, Louis…
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