Museum Kurá Hulanda is an anthropological museum that focuses on the predominant cultures of Curaçao. It offers a world-class chronicle of the Origin of Man, the African slave trade, West African Empires, Mesopotamian artifacts and Antillean art. The museum exhibits the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in its entirety, from slavery capture in Africa through the Middle Passage and the relocation to the New World. With a vast collection of artifacts from continental Africa, this museum demonstrates the dynamic vitality and great empires of West Africa and how the African and diverse cultural heritage has influenced Curaçao and Caribbean societies until today.