Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum is located in the northwestern corner of Kigali – the capital city of Rwanda.  It should be noted that about 250,000 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi lie buried.  Today, it’s a place of remembrance and learning, and commemorations are done every year. Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum was established in 2004 by Aegis Trust at the request of the Rwandan Authorities.

The remains of the people here were brought from all over the capital after they had been left in the street or thrown in the river. They are buried together in lots of 100,000.

Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum receives thousands of visitors every year. Among the visitors are students, celebrities, and politicians among others. It’s one of the top ten landmarks to visit in Africa.

Comprising exhibitions, memorial gardens, educational facilities, and the Genocide Archive of Rwanda, the Memorial plays a vital role within Rwandan national, social, and cultural identity as a place of remembrance for survivors and education, both for the young and for wider Rwandan society. It is also a site of learning highly relevant to the international community, as policymakers strive to improve response to mass atrocities and the effectiveness of systems for prevention.

Kigali Memorial Museum can be accessed by road from anywhere in the city and takes between 10 to 15 minutes by taxi or motorcycle from the center of town if the traffic is reasonable. If you have time to spare and want to experience Kigali on foot, you could even walk there, but there are no other major visitor attractions in the immediate vicinity.