This is a list of museums in
Kenya
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. Many of these national and provincial museums are administered by the
National Museums of Kenya (NMK).
Museums
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Abasuba Community Peace Museum,
Mfangano Island
Mfangano Island lies in the eastern part of Lake Victoria, at the mouth of the Winam Gulf. Part of Kenya, it lies west of Rusinga Island. The island is 65 kmĀ² in area and rises to 1,694 m at Mount Kwitutu. It had a population of 16,282 at ...
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Aeumbu Community Peace Museum, near
Embu.
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* African Heritage Pan African Gallery, Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
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* African Heritage House, Mlolongo Machakos county
Machakos County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, which came into being because of the devolved system of governance occasioned by the 2010 constitution of Kenya. The country's first administrative headquarters are in Machakos Town, which is ...
* August 7th Memorial Park, Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
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* Akamba Community Peace Museum, near Machakos.[
* ]Bomas of Kenya
Bomas of Kenya is a tourist village in Langata
Lang'ata is a predominantly middle-class
residential suburb of Nairobi in Kenya. The suburb consists of many smaller housing developments, referred to as estates. They include Nairobi Dam, Oti ...
* Community Museums of Kenya
* Fort Jesus Museum, Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
* Garissa Museum
* Gede National Monument
* Hyrax Hill Site Museum
* Jumba la Mtwana
* Kabarnet Museum
* Kapenguria Museum
* Karen Blixen Museum, near Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
* Kariandusi Pre-Historic Site Museums
* Kenya National Archives, Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
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* Kenyatta House
* Kisumu Museum
* Kitale Museum
First opened in 1924 to the public, the Kitale Museum is the first domestic museum opened in Kenya. Originally known as the Stoneham Museum, which was named after Colonel Hugh Stoneham who had been a large contributor and collector of the artifact ...
* Koobi Fora Pre-Historic Site
* Krapf Memorial Museum
* Lamu Museum
* Lari Memorial Peace Museum, Kiambu District
Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika. Kiambu County is the second most populous after Nairobi County. Kiambu County borders Nairobi and Kajiado Counties to the S ...
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* Loiyangalani Desert Museum
* Malindi Museum
* Meru Museum
* Mnarani Ruins
* Nairobi Botanic Garden, ]Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
* Nairobi Gallery, Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
.The Nairobi Gallery
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* Nairobi National Museum, Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
* Nairobi Railway Museum, Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
* Nairobi Snake Park, Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
* Narok Museum
* Nyeri Museum
* Olorgesailie Pre-Historic Site, Olorgesailie.
* Porini Association
* Rabai Museum
* Seu-Seu Community Peace Museum.[
* Siyu Fort
* Takwa Ruins
* Tambach Museum
* ]Thimlich Ohinga
Thimlich Ohinga is a complex of stone-built ruins in Migori county, Nyanza Kenya, in East Africa. It is the largest one of 138 sites containing 521 stone structures that were built around the Lake Victoria region in Kenya. These sites are high ...
* Treasures of Africa Museum
* Wajir Museum
* Wray Memorial Museum
See also
* Sites and monuments in Kenya
* List of museums
A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temp ...
References
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Museums
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Museums
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
Museums
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
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