Excellent free exhibition space with changing exhibitions about black history and experience in the UK and around the world. An excellent shop.

Great place! Been there twice in one month, but have not made it to the exhibitions as yet. The cafe is so very zen, with stellar service, and food&drink to die for! The museum shop also has many gems. Basically, there is so much info on black cultural heritage and events, as well as good hospitality for all, when you get there. Love the place!

Simply amazing experience! Great exhibits while the curator and staff are very knowledgeable providing a highly interactive experience. The facility is excellent, modern and very clean. The BCA provides an authentic experience of black cultural history . Pretty much overwhelmed by my last visit, so strong urge anyone to visit, since it's open to diversity.

I visited the Windrush Exhibition. It was good, not great. I was hoping for more than just a small room with a few pictures and some voice recordings which lasted about 3 minutes. The centre itself is very cosy and welcoming. The cafe is excellent if you want a bite and relax. The forecourt just outside the cafe is spacious and would be great to have a meet-up. The shop has some great selection of books and gift items. I also spent some time in the library archives upstairs. Well worth visiting. You can take photos of the material which is great if you are doing some research. A great place! Staff were friendly and helpful.

I absolutely loved my visit here. The staff at the front desk were warm towards not only me, but others that came in after me. The energy and vibe in the cafe is 🔥 and the servers are genuine and warm hearted. The food was excellent too. The installation was very well displayed and the facility itself is clean and modern. Great place to learn about black history or just to get a coffee and hang out.

A great space to learn about Black History in the UK and the experiences of Black people. When I went (this week) they had an audio-visual installation called Black Men's Minds about the experiences of black men in mental health care, which was really intense, but in a really interesting and thought-provoking way. There is also a timeline of Black History in the UK (everything we weren't taught in school) and a great gift shop. Would definitely recommend and will go back with my family in future.

Very good, impressive exhibition. The film is also absolutely worth seeing!! Strongly recommended for everyone (especially for those who otherwise cannot empathize with the life experiences of the Windrush generation or believe racism is an individual problem!!)

I am sure it is worth more than three stars, BUT I have not visited this Archive place. Being interested, I just visited their website to see the directions for visiting there sometime in the future and it looks like a nice venue.

Great museum for black history. Family from America was very impressed and surprised to find out black people were in England before the Windrush.

A wonderful place to learn about the history of black people in the UK in a lovely building. I visited the Home exhibition showing the decor and furnishings in a typical Windrush generation home. Any person who grew up in a Caribbean household in that era would really relate this exhibition, it was excellent. The display showing the timeline of black people in the UK was fascinating, as were the displays showing the experiences of those who came from the Caribbean to the UK in the post- World War II years. The gift shop has a great range of books, that was good to see. Also, the staff were very helpful. Take a trip to Brixton to visit here.

Bit disappointed really not a lot there to see. There must be more information and artifacts around.

Looked like an interesting place. A very friendly host by the reception desk explained a good deal about the place. They collect artefacts, photos and different kind of archives around Black culture. They even have a reading room upstairs. Which was closed on Saturday, sadly. I would go there again, though be mindful of their schedule as reading room stays open by a given schedule, and there are usually activities going on.

Black Cultural Archives is an archive and heritage centre in Brixton, London,devoted to the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in Britain. Also known as BCA it was founded in 1981, by educationalist and historian Len Garrison and others. BCA's mission is to record, preserve and celebrate the history of people of African descent in Britain. The BCA's new building in Brixton opened in 2014, enables access to the archive collection, provides dedicated learning spaces and mounts a program of exhibitions and events.

Went to the black cultural archives, whilst in Brixton. No charge to go in, but you can donate £5. We don't have anything like this in the West Midlands. At the front of the building there is a monument dedicated with all the regiments from Africa, Ethiopia and many more black countries who took part in the war. They have a book store, with a variety of books for adults and children. They sell pens, socks t-shirts and cloth bags and a map of the London underground labeled with historic famous black people. They were exhibiting Bob Marley's life story to coincide with his movie I would think. There was a uniform near reception of a royal Air Force officer They had one floor exhibiting. There was an upstairs, not sure why they don't use both floors to exhibit black culture. I was a little disappointed there is so much history about black people and their lives. I've given it 4 stars, as it was my first time there. I'm hoping if I return there will be more to see! As the sign says "It is black history everyday" Let's see more inside next time.

Great experience. Watched the 'Barrel Children' documentary and viewed the Windrush 75 Exhibition.

Interesting place

The Black Cultural Archive came into been to help highlight & document the presence of Black People in "The United Kingdom". It has a small exhibition area that offers a display documenting Their Political, Social,& Economic contribution to "The United Kingdom". There's also the opportunity to book time slots, to delve into particular areas of interest. Books,Card Paintings,Prints,and other such like items are available to purchase. For me it a Mecca for information on Black People presence in "The United Kingdom" from the Edwardian & Victorian period, through to World War 1 & 2, the 1950's,60's,70's, 80's right up to date.

Have always wanted to visit here and was not disappointed. This should be a must for all primary and secondary school visits. Black history is world history. It must be a compulsory visit for corporate and definately public leaders too!

Lovely building, beautiful and interesting archives.

Was good and interesting. Left tearful tho. They should have more stories even.Also from the parents and people on their first trip on the boat and the experience on their arrival, first lodging, first job ect.. ect.. Really glad i went.. Learned new things. Peple working there were v. Nice also.

A lovely little archive, always worth popping in when in Brixton. Moving display at the moment about the murder of Emmett Till. Also, a good bookshop.

Good black history learnt some interesting things about the Windrush generation

Staff are pleasant, exhibits are interesting and was lovely to see my sister celebrated for her trail blazing achievements ✨

Wonderful people who do a wonderful job in maintaining the message of black British history and holding interesting events to network and learn. I love what the BCA represent and how they continue to deliver such value to the public 🙌🏽

We love it here, this time around we had visited as they had an activity day. Older children got involved in creating light. We also created some carnival masks.

Extremely helpful for my dissertation project and has fascinating archive.

A great heritage site located a 5 minutes walk from Brixton Station. There are regular workshops held here and alot of history around the historic impact of black people in the United Kingdom. There are also mental health and poetry events and I would highly recommend attending these if you are in the area.

Great place of history and knowledge which is vital and more relevant than ever.