History Museum of Aquitaine in Bordeaux takes the count in the second half of the XVIII century - from the moment the Academy of Bordeaux was founded Stone Sculpture Museum, which houses the remains of the Roman heritage. These artifacts were found during excavation work in urban areas, which are periodically held in the interval from the XVI to XVIII century.

In 1963, the institution was renamed the Museum of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, and became known as the "Museum of Aquitaine." In 1987, the museum moved into the building of the former Faculty of Arts and Science, which was built in the late XIX century on the site of the monastery, known as the burial place of the writer and philosopher Michel de Montaigne. Aquitaine Museum, located near the Cathedral of St. Andrew.

In 2009, the museum opened new rooms dedicated to such a complex topic in the history of French colonial slavery and human trafficking. Bordeaux, Nantes is the second after the port through which Europe came black slaves. Just a Bordeaux was delivered approximately 130 thousand slaves. The museum displays documents and other exhibits, telling about the living and working conditions of slaves, the punishment for riots and escapes.

Currently, the museum area is over 5000 square meters. m and collection of artifacts has about 70 thousand items. All these objects, documents and works of art represent the history of the historical region of Aquitaine and its main city of Bordeaux. The oldest exhibits date back to the prehistoric collection of the era, many of the exhibits are the testimonies of various ages - Roman, early Christian, medieval. Also in the museum you can see the exhibition dedicated to the maritime history of Bordeaux, the art of the peoples of Africa and Oceania.