Nairobi National Museum
About the place
- Country : Kenya , Nairobi
- Address : Kipande Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
- Category : Museums
- Establishing Date : 1929
Nairobi National Museum
Overview:
• The National Museum in Nairobi is an educational way to spend a few hours in the city, and is located 10 minutes by car from the center of the city.
• It is one of the main museums in Kenya, and one of its oldest museums, it was built in 1929 AD.
• The museum includes several art and cultural exhibitions and distinctive exhibits about natural history, as well as ethnological exhibitions, and a distinctive exhibition called "The History of Kenya", which takes you on an exciting journey through the history of Kenya and East Africa.
• The museum displays more than 900 mummified birds, mammals and fossils from Lake Turkana, as well as the different ethnicities of the Kenyan tribal groups.
• At the Geology Exhibit, visitors can explore an impressive group of rocks and minerals and learn about plate tectonics and the life cycle of a volcano.
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