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[2025 Nairobi Attraction] Travel Guide for National Museum of Kenya (Updated Apr)

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The National Museum of Kenya is a majestic building surrounded by greenery and lush foliage. There are quite a wide range of cultural and natural history exhibits. One of the main attractions of the museum is the author of "BornFree" (BornFree). The National Museum of Kenya is a magnificent building surrounded by greenery and lush foliage. There are quite a wide range of cultural and natural history exhibitions in the museum. One of the main attractions of the museum is the series of portraits of various Kenyan tribes depicted by the author of "Born Free" (BornFree) Joy Adamson, which delicately records the cultural diversity of Kenya. The upstairs exhibition hall features nearly a thousand species of birds and other taxidermy, as well as ethnographic exhibitions of various ethnic tribes in Kenya. Downstairs are Tanzania's rock art creations, an exhibition of primitive human fossils from Lake Turkana, and various geological exhibitions. The adjacent exhibition hall displays a variety of temporary exhibitions, including Kenya's Swahili Cultural Exhibition and South Asian Cultural Exhibition, and the Masai Mara Wildlife Exhibition. The museum garden is dotted with sculptures at random, and the inner courtyard has a fiberglass model the size of an elephant, imitating the elephant Ahmed. During the height of the poaching crisis in the 1980s, the replica elephant became a symbol of Kenya. The first floor of the National Museum of Kenya also houses the Contemporary East African Art Gallery, which is like an interesting cross-section of the contemporary art landscape.
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National Museum of Kenya Address:

Kipande Rd, Nairobi, Kenya

National Museum of Kenya Recommended sightseeing time:

1-2 hours

National Museum of Kenya Phone:

+254 721 308485
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