NATIONAL MUSEUM

ABEOKUTA

Brief:
The Museum was established as a Museum of National Unity in 1989. It is located within the premises of the old Baptist Women’s College, Idi Aba.The Baptist Women’s College was established by the Baptist Mission in Nigeria to give women missionary education in Western Nigeria. The premier building of the institution was offered to the Commission to use as a base for the development of a Museum in Abeokuta, Ogun state in 1989.

Opened to the public in 2002 with a photographic exhibition on Treasures of Ancient Nigeria.
The museum oversees the Sugbo Eredo, site of the famous Birikisu Sungbo shrineat Oke-Eri, a few kilometres from Ijebu Ode. It is also a base for archaeological investigations of the famous Olumo Rock, presently being reconstructed as a tourist centre.

Collections:
Ethnographic

Permanent Exhibition:
Treasures of Ancient Nigeria

Temporary Exhibition:
Cashcrops in Nigeria
The Making of Adire

Other Facilities:
Adult Literacy Programme
Children Activity Room
Children Playground
Craftshop
Mini Library
Multipurpose Hall
Museum Kitchen
Young Researchers Children Club

Address:
Ajebo Road
P.M.B. 2004
Abeokuta
Ogun State
Tel. +234 (0) 803 351 8849
Email – abeokuta@nigerianmuseums.org

Curator:
Anne Effiom
E-Mail: ann.effiom@nigerianmuseums.org
effiomanna@yahoo.com