NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COLONIAL HISTORY

ABA

Brief:
The museum is housed in a prefabricated colonial building, which is a National Monument. It was imported from Britain and used initially as a trade station at Akwete from 1892 to 1902, then dismantled and carried to Aba Government Station to become the office and living quarters of the District Officer until 1960. It was renovated and opened to the public as a museum in March 1985.
The near-by colonial Post Office is also being refurbished to house a Museum of Nigerian postal history.

Collections:
Archival and pictorial materials on the colonial period.
Also, old Nigerian currency and slave trade objects.

Permanent Exhibition:
Colonial History: The History of Nigeria’s Colonization to Independence

Other Facilities:
Museum Kitchen for traditional food
Craft shop for sale of local crafts

Address:
National Museum of Colonial History
No 46 Ikot Ekpene Road
P.M.B. 7116
Aba
Abia State
Tel. +234 (0) 803 677 0249
Email – aba@nigerianmuseums.org

Curator:
Carol IFEJIAGWA (Mrs.)
E-Mail: ifejiagwa.c@nigerianmuseums.org
jiagwa@yahoo.com