Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum
Place · Meskel Square & Kazanchis
A sobering museum documenting the Derg regime's 1977–1978 Red Terror campaign, near Meskel Square: a heavy but important indoor hour, best combined with a lighter morning stop.
- Derg-era history
- Free entry, donations welcome
- Graphic content: not for young children
- Go morning
- Free entry
- Mostly indoors
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Plan
Open now, best time to go, opening hours
Go now?
hours and prices: check on the day- Open
- Usually 09:00–17:00Usually 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
- Crowds
Go morning
MonTueWedThuFriSatSunQuietest Mon–Sun · desk estimate
- Tickets
- Adult: Free; donations welcome
- Time to spend
- 45–60 min · up to 90 min if you linger
Best time to go
Quiet most days.
By weekday: quietest Mon–Sun.
Opening hours
- Hours
- 09:00–17:00 (typical, check)
- Note
- Hours are not printed here until verified; many Addis museums close on Monday.
- Hours note
- Desk estimate; many Addis museums close Monday — confirm before you go.
Which month is quietest
- Janlight
- Feblight
- Marlight
- Aprlight
- Maylight
- Junlight
- Jullight
- Auglight
- Seplight
- Octlight
- Novlight
- Declight
Crowds barely change through the year here; pick the month for the weather, not the queue.
Estimate: desk reasoning from typical visitor patterns; not counted. Holidays and events move these weeks.
Weather here, next 7 days
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Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.
Not checked in the last 12 months (no check date on file).
On the ground
Getting in, access, sensory load, what to bring, and where to go if it does not work
Getting in
- Stop
- Car to the museum entrance, Meskel Square area
- Ticket
- free · official site
- Stairs
- Not recorded
- Shoes
- Shoes on.
Accessibility
- PartialStep-free entrance
- Check firstLifts
- Check firstAccessible toilet
- PartialWheelchair
- YesStroller · ok
Sensory load
- Sensory load2/5 Low
Exposure: low
What to bring and the rules
- Casual dress is fine; no specific dress code beyond general respect.
- Ask staff before photographing exhibits, especially personal testimony and photographs of victims.
Rules and prices change: check the official site before you go.
Bailouts
- heat: Nearest café (field-verify)
Nearest rescue anchor: B — Café on the main street (field-verify)
Problem
Red lines
- This is a memorial to victims of state violence: keep a respectful, quiet tone inside.
- Some exhibits (photographs, testimony) are graphic; consider carefully before bringing young children.
Not checked in the last 12 months (no check date on file).
Map and nearby
Where it is, how to get there from your hotel or from where you stand, and what is around it
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Tickets, prices and entry
Tickets & entry
- Where to buy
- No ticket needed.
- Donations welcome.
- Dress code
- Casual dress is fine; no specific dress code beyond general respect.
- Photos
- Ask staff before photographing exhibits, especially personal testimony and photographs of victims.
- What's closed
- MondaycheckMany Addis museums close on Monday; confirm before you go.
“Check” dates move year to year: confirm on the official page for your date.
| Ticket | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free; donations welcome | — |
Time on site, inside and your plan
Time on site
Minimum
30min
Worthwhile
45min
Typical
60min
p95
90min
How much time do you have?
Enough for a typical visit (60 min).
Nothing else in our notes is a short enough walk from here for the time that is left.
Visit times are typical figures, not promises; queues and closing times can change them.
Step-free check, who it suits, facilities
Step-free check
- Step-free entrance: partly · partly
- Lifts: check · check
- Accessible toilet: check · check
- Wheelchair: partly · partly
- Stroller: yes · yesok
Level gallery floors; a few steps at the entrance (check).
With kids
- with kids
- Graphic content on state violence; better suited to older teenagers and adults than young children.
- child price
- free
Combine with
Combine with
- 8 minMeskel Square
- 12 minAfrican Union headquarters (exterior)
Walk the Meskel Square & Kazanchis area · the cluster page has the walking order, rescue stops and after-dark notes
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Deep dive
Questions, photos, and where our facts come from
Questions and answers
Questions and answers
What was the Red Terror?
A violent political campaign by Ethiopia's Marxist military government (the Derg) in 1977–1978 that killed tens of thousands of perceived opponents; the museum documents victims' stories and the period's history.
Checked 2026-09-29 · Voykit desk
Photos
Photos
Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum Photo: Soman, CC BY-SA 3.0
Deep dive
Sources
- secondaryWikivoyage — Addis Ababa
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Source: Price
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Prices are 2026 estimates. The official site has the current price.
Source: Opening hours
Source: Best hour
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The quietest window written into this guide. Crowd levels are desk estimates, not counts.
Source: Bag rating
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Rated for the whole walking cluster, from desk research, not for this entrance.