No Adventure Consults’ trip to Rwanda would be complete without a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial! The centrally located museum is a few minutes away from Kigali International Airport and the major hotels in Kigali.
The genocide museum is a centre of education, and peacebuilding and honours the memory of the more than one million Rwandans who were killed in 1994. The three permanent exhibitions and burial gardens form part of a meaningful tribute to those who perished and provide a powerful educational tool for all.
The Genocide Memorial Center is a significant and heart-rending site that one must visit either at the start or end of the main safari to Rwanda (highly recommend at the start).
The exhibition here is shocking and provoking and attempts to piece together the causes and events of the three-month genocide which destroyed Rwanda in 1994.
Thousands of first-hand accounts are documented, and personal film footage and photography are showcased, illustrating the collection of events in a simple and striking way. 99.9% of the Rwandan population was affected by the horrific violence of the genocide, a dark past which makes the present friendliness and goodwill of the country’s locals more inspiring.
The Kigali genocide memorial is open daily from 8am to 5pm, last entrance is 4pm. On Umuganda Saturdays (the last Saturdays of every month), the memorial opens from 1 – 5pm.