<P> The House of Slaves ( Maison des Esclaves ) and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island , 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar , Senegal . Its museum , which was opened in 1962 and curated until Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye 's death in 2009 , is said to memorialise the final exit point of the slaves from Africa . While historians differ on how many African slaves were actually held in this building , as well as the relative importance of Gorée Island as a point on the Atlantic Slave Trade , visitors from Africa , Europe , and the Americas continue to make it an important place to remember the human toll of African slavery . </P>
<P> The House of Slaves ( Maison des Esclaves ) and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island , 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar , Senegal . Its museum , which was opened in 1962 and curated until Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye 's death in 2009 , is said to memorialise the final exit point of the slaves from Africa . While historians differ on how many African slaves were actually held in this building , as well as the relative importance of Gorée Island as a point on the Atlantic Slave Trade , visitors from Africa , Europe , and the Americas continue to make it an important place to remember the human toll of African slavery . </P>
where is the door of no return located
where is the door of no return located
Gorée Island , 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar , Senegal
Gorée Island , 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar , Senegal