- Address: Museum Hill, Nairobi City, Kenya
- Phone: +254 20 3742131
- Working hours: daily 9.00 - 17.00
- Ticket price: adults - 800 KES, children - 400 KES
If you want to get acquainted with the culture of Kenya , its history, traditions and ethnography, you should visit the National Museum, located in Nairobi . In its halls a huge collection of exhibits is collected, which will give you an exhaustive knowledge of this country.
Amazing collection
The museum has the most complete collection, telling about the fauna and flora of East Africa. Here you will see a lot of stuffed animals of rare and even extinct animals. These include, for example, a stuffed celacanth, an extinct fish. Here you can see how the elephant of Kenya's first president looked like. In the yard there is even a statue dedicated to this animal.
One of the most colorful expositions in the museum is the collection of watercolor drawings by Joy Adamson. She was a protector of wildlife and portrayed her in her drawings. On the ground floor of the museum there are often exhibitions of East African art. Any picture can be bought here, besides the exhibits are updated periodically.
How to get there?
One of the best and most visited museums in Kenya is located next to the John Michuki Park. You can get here by using public transport services, on a matata or bus.
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