Aba | Abeokuta | Akure | Asaba | Benin | Calabar | Enugu | Esie | Ibadan | Igbo Ukwu | Ilorin | Ile-Ife | Jos | Kaduna | Kano | Katsina | Lagos | Lokoja | Makurdi | Maiduguri | Minna | Oron | Osogbo | Owerri | Owo | Port-Harcourt | Sokoto | Umuahia | Uyo | Yola | Badagry | Nok | Oyo
HISTORY
The Commission is a body, established on the basis of the former Nigeria
Department of Antiquities, through the Enabling Act of 28th September, 1979,
and which has its functions specified in Part I, paragraph 3(1) and (2) of the Act, as follows:
(a) To administer national museums, antiquities, monuments and sites;
(b) To establish and maintain national museums, monuments, sites and other outlets for, or, in connection with, but not restricted only to, the following:
(i) Antiquities
(ii) Sciences and Technology
(iii) Warfare
(iv) African, Black and other antiquities
(v) Arts and Crafts
(vi) Architecture
(vii) Natural History
(viii) Educational Services
(ix) Heritage and Sites
(c) To make recommendations concerning the establishment and management of museums, heritage and sites, the preservation of antiquities and monuments, and their declaration as national landmarks.
(d) To approve or withdraw such approval for any privately established and maintained museum.
VISION STATEMENT
…a stable museum system, which ensures the preservation and integration of the Nigerian cultural and natural heritage within the local and national developmental process and the world heritage network.
MISSION STATEMENT
…the systematic collection, preservation, study and interpretation of the material evidence (tangible and intangible) of the development of the peoples of Nigeria and Nigerians in the Diaspora.
National Museum of Colonial History
Aba
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
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: Nigerian Colonial History: The History of Nigeria’s Colonization to Independence
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen for traditional food
Craft shop for sale of local crafts
Curator:- Carol IFEJIAGWA (Mrs.)
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National Museum
Abeokuta
Address: Ajebo Road
P.M.B. 2004
Abeokuta
Ogun State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 351 8849
Email – abeokuta@nigerianmuseums.org
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
Curator:- Anna Enne EFFIOM (Mrs.)
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National Museum
Akure
Address: Oba Adesina Road
P.M.B. 664
Akure
Ondo State
Tel. 234 (0) 802 357 8855
Email - akure@nigerianmuseums.org
National Museum, Akure was founded in 1987 following the donation of a building by the Ondo State Government, situated close to the Deji of Akure palace and opposite the General Post Office. There is an adjacent land donated in 2003, by the community for future expansion.
Collections: ethnographic
Permanent Exhibition: under preparation
Other Facilities: being developed
Curator:- Amos EniOlorunda OLORUNNIPA (Mr.)
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National Museum
Asaba
Delta State
Address: off Nnebisi Road (behind Delta State Library Board)
P.M.B. 95071
Asaba
Delta State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 374 6043
E mail: asaba@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in the Mungo Park House, a prefabricated colonial structure and historical edifice, which was constructed by the Royal Niger Company (RNC) in 1886 and used successively as its administrative headquarters (1886-1900), military centre, Colonial Administrative divisional headquarters, depot of RNC Constabulary (1904-1910) and seat of the Urban District Council (1954-1976).
Collections: colonial history/history of Asaba, ethnographic
Pictorial Exhibition: Traditional Rulership in Delta State: Enduring Legacies.
Other Facilities:
- An extension office at the Federal Secretariat, Asaba
- Bookshop
- Museum Kitchen and Craft Village complex under construction at Mungo Park House premises
Publications: Asaba Metamorphosis: The Colonial and Post-Colonial Influences
Curator:- John Olusegun OGUNDELE
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National Museum
Benin City
Address: Ring Road
P.M.B. 1115
Benin City
Edo State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 377 1929
E-mail: benin@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum is located in the centre of the old city of Benin, which houses relics of the ancient Benin Kingdom. The two storied building has the ground floor gallery dedicated to the kingdom, showcasing its history and culture. The first floor gallery is of the Niger Delta, neighbours to the Binis as a comparative ethnographic influence. The second floor is the gallery of Nigeria’s cultural diversity.
The museum collection was put together by K. C. Murray in1960. It was based on the Oba of Benin’s palace collection, developed under the custody of Chief Jacob Egharevba. The museum building housing the exhibition was officially opened in 1973. The museum environment contains archaeological sites and colonial structures accommodating the various museum units. Nearby are the Oba’s Palace, Oba market and the Traditional Bronze-casters Guild.
Collections: ethnographic
Permanent Exhibitions: Benin Court Art Treasures;
The Delta Peoples’ Culture and Nigerian Unity in Diversity
Other Facilities: Craftshop
Museum Education Services
Multipurpose Hall
Museum kitchen
Museum Library
Children Park
Curator:- Adebowale Biodun AREO (Dr.)
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National Museum
Old Residency
Calabar
Address: Ekpo Eyo Drive
P.M.B. 1180
Calabar
Cross River State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 713 4706 ( website)
E-mail: calabar@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established at the Old Residency building (built in 1881)
Located on top of the old Government Hill, the prefabricated colonial building was used as the first Government House in 1883 and later, as office and residence of the Resident of Old Calabar Province. It was declared a National Monument in 1959 and opened as a museum in 1986.
The museum exhibition tells the story of Old Calabar as a cluster of native settlements on the Calabar River, early cultural, economic and missionary centre and first Headquarters of the British colonial administration of the Niger Coast Protectorate, Oil River Protectorate and later Southern Nigeria Protectorate. It was the base for hinterland expansion in south-eastern Nigeria. It also illustrates Calabar’s place in Nigerian national development up to Independence in 1960.
The museum has a collection of ritual terracotta and other materials excavated locally by Prof. Ekpo Eyo and dated to 400AD – 1500AD. It also contains Slave Trade History collections and exhibition.
Near-by are the famous Hope Waddell Training Institute, the 19th century trading establishments on the Marina and missionary Mary Slessor’s house-museum at Okoyong.
Collections: colonial history, ethnographic, archaeological, slave trade history
Permanent Exhibition: The Story of Old Calabar
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen
Museum Shop
Craft Village
Children Playground
Research library
Publications: The Story of Old Calabar (museum guidebook), 1986
Old Calabar Revisited, 1986
History and Culture of the Upper Cross River People, 1988
Akwanshi, Calabar Museum Society Newsletter
Akwanshi, Calabar Museum Journal
Curator:- Sunday Simeon ADAKA (Mr.)
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National Museum
Enugu
Address: 65 Abakaliki Road
G. R. A.
P.M.B. 1285
Enugu
Tel. 234 (0) 802 318 8730
E-mail: enugu@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in 1972 in the spirit of reconciliation, unity and harmony among the various ethnic groups in Nigeria. The new building of this National Unity Museum now accommodates several exhibition halls with cultural materials on the belief systems of the diverse Nigerian peoples and the Igbo worldview, as well as a gallery on the history of Enugu, the coal-city.
Collections: archaeological, ethnographic and local history
Permanent Exhibition: Nigerian Belief Systems and Igbo World View
Other Facilities: African kitchen
Auditorium
Amusement Park
Art Exhibition
Curator : Mrs. Okonkwo
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National Museum
Esie
Address: Museum Road
P.M.B.301
Esie
Kwara State
This Museum was one of the first Nigerian museums, established by K. C. Murray in 1945 at the site of about 800 carved stone images near Esie.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: The Esie Soapstone Figures
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen
Children Park
Active Shrine
Tel: 234 (0) 803 386 0868
234 (0) 805 073 3176
E-mail esie@nigerianmuseums.org
Curator: Ibecheorzor Emeka Stephen.
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National Museum
Ibadan
Address: Near Alesinloye Market
P.M.B. 5525
Ibadan
Tel. 234 (0) 803 329 6847
E-mail: ibadan@nigerianmuseums.org
Established as a National Unity Museum in 1975, it was officially opened in the new building in 2002. It has extensive exhibitions on the common elements in the diverse Nigerian cultures. There is also an important pottery collection, as well as a rich archaeological collection in storage.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: Music, Dance and Yoruba Culture
Other Facilities: Auditorium
Craft Shops
Botanical Gardens
Plant Nursery
Curator: Ireti Kola-George (Mrs.)
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National Museum
Igbo-Ukwu
Address: Igbo Ukwu
Anambra State
National Museum, Igbo-Ukwu was established in 2003. The first museum gallery was commissioned in 2004 with a photographic exhibition on the ancient treasures of Igbo Ukwu under the title The Place of Visual Arts in Igbo-Ukwu and an exhibition of cultural objects from the community.
Collections: ethnographic, pictorial
Exhibition: The Place of Visual Arts in Igbo-Ukwu
Tel: 234 (0) 803 501 5457
234 (0) 805 730 0623
E.mail igboukwu@nigerianmuseums.org
Curator: Imebuogu Samuel Enyi
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National Museum
Ilorin
Address: 14 Abdul Kadir Road
G. R. A.
P.M.B. 1469
Ilorin
Kwara State
Tel.: 234 (0) 803 418 6579
E-mail: ilorin@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in 1988 in fulfillment of the Federal Government policy to establish a National Museum in each state of the Federation.
Collections: ethnographic
Exhibitions: Pottery Exhibition
History of the Nigerian Emirates (pictorial) – in preparation
Other Facilities: Craft Shop
Craft Workshops (bead making and pottery/ceramics studio)
Museum Kitchen
Pomo Corner
Hair Plating and Barbing Saloons
Computer Institute
Children Day Care Centre
Printing Press
Curator: Usman Paul Micheal.
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National Museum
Ile-Ife
Address: Enuwa Square
P.M.B. 5515
Ile-Ife
Osun State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 717 7119
E.mail: ileife@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established by K.C. Murray in 1948 and opened to the public in 1954 on land donated by the Oni of Ife, Oba Aderemi. It accommodates a collection of ancient Ife bronze and terracotta objects, as well as archaeological finds from Ile Ife and outside it.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: on Ife Antiquities
Other Facilities: Yemoo Pottery Museum Annex along Moor Road
Contemporary Art Exhibition
Craft Shop
Bronze Casting Workshop
Hair Plating Saloon
Curator: Adesina Maquis Olubode.
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National Museum
Jos
Address: Museum Road (behind NITEL)
P.M.B. 2031
Jos
Plateau State
Tel. 234 (0) 805 133 0904
E-mail: jos@nigerianmuseums.com
One of the oldest museums and the largest museum complex in Nigeria established in 1952. Its extensive grounds also accommodate a Zoological Garden (opened 1955), the Museum of Traditional Nigerian Architecture (MOTNA), established in 1983, the Centre for Traditional Earth Technology (CECTECH), started in 1989/1990, and the Institute for Archaeology and Museum Studies (IAMS), established in 1963.
The museum complex is a natural habitat of many species of bats and other birds, and also has a mini Natural History Museum.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological, natural history
Permanent Exhibitions: Ethnographic Unity Gallery
Museum of Mining
Transport Museum
Nigerian Pottery Gallery (established by Sylvia Leith-Ross in 1962)
Other Facilities:
Animal Zoo
Auditorium
Craft Shops
Craft Village
Mini Botanical Garden
Museum Library
Open Air Amphitheatre
Picnic Lots
Printing Press
Temporary Exhibition Gallery
The Bight of Benin Restaurant
Veterinary Clinic
Curator: Carol Panaki Ezeokeke (Mrs.)
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National Museum
Kaduna
Address: Ali Akilu Road
P.M.B. 2127
Kaduna
Kaduna State
Tel. 234 (0) 805 587 9151
E-mail: kaduna@nigerianmuseums.org
Opened in 1975 in the building of the defunct Nigerian People’s Congress (NPC) party office, donated by the North central State government to the museum. It preserves and displays archaeological and ethnographic materials form the north-central part of the country.
The Museum is a member of the Swedish-African Museum (Samp) Network and is developing an anti-HIV/AIDS project with anti-vitral plant garden.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological and contemporary crafts
Permanent Exhibitions: Nigerian Prehistory
Ethnography of the Peoples of Northern Nigeria
Modern Craft Products
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen
Museum Library
Craft Village
Craft Shop
Botanical Gardens
Fashion Centre
Curator: Dauda Yunusa Jafaru
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National Museum
Gidan Makama
Kano
Address: Gidan Makama
1, Emir Palace Road
P.M.B. 2023
Kano
Kano State
Tel. 234 (0) 805 273 5154
E-mail: kano@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was opened in 1985 at the ancient palace, Gidan Makama, build by Sarkin Kano Mohammed Rumfa in late 15th century. The building isa National Monument. The museum complex comprises a fenced parking space, courtyard, amphitheatre and open platform for performances. There is a museum Annex Office at the Federal Secretariat Complex.
The museum supervises other National Monuments in the vicinity; the ancient city walls and gates in Kano (partly renovated with a grant from the German Government), as well as the rock paintings and Rock Gong in Jigawa State.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological
Permanent Exhibitions: Ethnographic
Other Facilities:
Craft Shop
Museum Kitchen
Amphitheatre
Curator: Aliyu Lass Abdu
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National Museum
Katsina
Address: Old Katsina Training College
At Kofa Oku
Along Muhammadu Dikko Road
Kofar Sauri
P.M.B. 409
Katsina
Katsina State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 720 0420
E-mail 234 (0) 802 740 9219
The museum is housed on the premises of Old Katsina Training College, which was premier education institution in Northern Nigeria established in 1921 and declared an ancient Hiistorical Monument and a National Museum in 1989. It houses archaeological materials (mainly potsherds) from different areas of the state.
Near-by is the famous 14th century Gobirau Minaret, a National Monument and a striking example of the indigenous earth architecture. It was the highest building in the ancient city and its environs and was used as the first Central Mosque in Katsina and a defense surveillance tower.
Collections: archaeological
Exhibition: Ethnographic materials from the area
Curator Dunkrah Moses Annah (Mrs.)
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National Museum
Lagos
Address: King George V Road,
Onikan
P.M.B. 12556
Lagos
Lagos State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 720 0420
E-mail: lagos@nigerianmuseums.org
The Museum was established in 1957 as Museum of Nigerian Antiquities, Traditional Art and Ethnography. It was the headquarters of the Federal Department of Antiquities and her successor, the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, and has the largest museum contents in Nigeria.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological and natural history
Permanent Exhibitions: Symbols of Power and Authority in Traditional Nigerian Culture
Benin Art
Nigerian Government: Yesterday and Today
Other Facilities:
Conservation Laboratory
Craft Village with craft production workshops
Museum Kitchen
Museum Shop
Open Gardens with Car Park and Picnic Spots
Photographic Archives
Pre-printing Press
Research Library
Temporary Exhibition Hall
Traditional Tie-and-Dye/Batik Workshop
Curator: Ashaye Ibironke
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National Museum
Lokoja
Address: GP3 Luggard Houses Road
P.M.B.1022
Lokoja
Kogi State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 790 5867
E-mail: lokoja@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in 1989 in one of the colonial prefabricated buildings, which served as Government Catering Rest House of Lord Luggard’s administration at the end of 19th century.
The museum oversees many historical sites in the area including the first Baptist Mission School, the graves and quarters of many of the Northern Emirs, exiled for their resistance to British rule, the old trading establishments on the beach, Lord Luggard’s rest House on top of Mount Pati, with a beautiful view of the Confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue, and the remains of many colonial architectural structures.
Collections: colonial history, ethnography
Permanent Exhibition: The Niger-Benue Confluence Connection in Nigerian History
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen
Curator Arah Chike Emmanuel
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National Museum
Makurdi
Address: GP 4 Ahmadu Bello Way
P.M.B. 102294
Makurdi
Benue State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 718 2479
E-mail: markudi@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in 1989 as one of the Museums of National Unity in the country. It was opened to the public in 2004 with an exhibition on the people of Lower Benue Region - the Benue, Kogi, Plateau and Taraba States.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological, contemporary art
Permanent Exhibition: People of the Lower Benue Region
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen
Children Park
Crocodile Zoo
Curator Ige Akintunde Olatunji
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National Museum
Maiduguri
Address: Borno State Council for Arts and Culture
Bama Road
P.M.B. 1029
Maiduguri
Borno State
Tel. 234 (0) 806 531 7117
E-mail maiduguri@nigerianmuseums.com
The museum, conceived as one of the four Museums of National Unity in the country, was opened in 1989 at a temporary location, while the permanent site is being developed. It displays materials on the excavations and a reproduction of the 8,000-year old Dufuna canoe from the near-by Yobe State. It also oversees the National Monument at Dikwa, the famous Dikwa Fort, which also has a small museum display on the fort’s history and significance.
Collections: ethnographic
Permanent Exhibition: Islamic and Ethnographic Gallery
Other Facilities: Waja Hut
Kanuri Bridal Room pottery
Shuwa Arab Hut
Curator: Sambo Nwajim Fori
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National Museum
Minna
Address: Federal Secretariat Complex
P.M.B. 054
Minna
Niger State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 592 7567
E-mail: minna@nigerianmuseums.org
National Museum, Minna was initially established in 1988 at the Old Niger State Secretariat with five workers. It was later moved to the Federal Secretariat Complex, Dutsen Kura.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: Unity gallery: Artefacts as Vehicles for Promoting Unity
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen
Drama Club
Children Arts Club
Publications: Artefacts as Vehicles for Promoting Unity, Museum Guide
The Museum Friends, Newsletter of Minna Museum Society
Curator Nwaneri, Justin Chukwuma (Mr.)
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National Museum
Oron
Address: Oron Beach
P.M.B. 1004
Oron
Akwa Ibom State
Tel. (GSM) 234 (0) 8036687739
e-mail: oron@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum is the first Nigerian museum to be established east of the Niger by K. C. Murrey. It and was originally established to house the Ekpu Oro ancestral figures of the Oron people and was opened to the public in 1959. It was destroyed during the Nigerian Civil War and its contents looted. The museum was re-built and re-opened as a National Museum with an ethnographic research exhibition by Keith Nicklin in 1977.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: Religious Art of the Cross River Peoples
Other Facilities: Museum Shop
Open-air amphitheatre
Civil War Bunker
Cafeteria Sirenia
Prince Chris Abasi Eyo Sea-side Resort Garden
Publications: Guide to the National Museum Oron, (Keith Nicklin), 1977
Prospectus on National Museum Oron, 2005
Curator: Adeoye Oluwashola Akanni
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National Museum
Osogbo
Address: Ataoja’s Palace
P.M.B. 4376
Osogbo
Osun State
Tel. 234 (0) 35 241471
E-mail: osogbo@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in 1988 for the preservation and maintenance of the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Groves, a National Monument and World Heritage Site, which was developed with the famous sculptures of Susan Wenger and comprises several other cultural sites and natural history collections.
There is a museum annex office at the Old State Secretariat along Gbongan Road.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological, natural history
Permanent Exhibition: none
Other Facilities at the Osun Grove: Craft shop
Snack Bar
Natural History Exhibition (under construction)
Meditation Grounds
Sculptural Groups Grounds
Curator: Adedayo Oluremi F
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National Museum
Owerri
Address: B 65 Shell Camp
Off Orlu Road
P.M.B. 1585
Owerri
Imo State
Tel. 234 (0) 83 232847
E-mail: owerri@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum office was established in 1988 as a base for a future museum of National Unity. A mini-gallery was created and opened to the public in 2002 with an exhibition theme: Money and Household Utencils. New and bigger exhibition gallery has just been build to house ethnographic materials from the environs.
A nearby archaeological site at Ogbaku Town, near Owerri, is on the study plan of the museum.
Collections: Ethnographic
Exhibition: Money and Household Utencils
Other Facilities: Museum Kitchen
Children Activity Centre
Museum Cooperative Society Kiosk
Curator Uboh Francisca Chioba
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National Museum
Owo
Address: Oba’s Palace
P.M.B. 10133
Owo
Ondo State
Tel. 234 (0) 805 318 5502
owo@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in1973, expanded in 1986, closed down after repeated robberies in 1990’s and re-opened in 2005.
Collections: ethnographic, archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: Owo and Yoruba Cultural Similarities
Other Facilities: Museum Restaurant
Local Bar
Meeting Hall
Curator: Umogbai Imosike Theophilus
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National Museum
Port Harcourt
Address: 2, Harley Street,
Old G. R. A.
P.M.B. 5766
Tel. 234 (0) 805 318 5502
E-mail: portharcourt@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum collection was started in 1975 as part of the Rivers State Art Council. It is presently housed in one of the colonial prefabricated houses erected by the colonial government at the beginning of 20th century.
Nearby are the historic Opobo Island, Bonny Island, King Odriye’s Mausoleum at Ogbolomabiri, the Ogidigan Deity at Basambiri, Nembe, and the first oil wells at Oloibiri
Collections: ethnographic
Permanent Exhibition: Socio-Economic Treasures of the Niger Delta
Other Facilities: Treasures of Ancient Nigeria (Pictorial exhibition)
Children Activity Hall
Museum Kitchen
Curator: Ahmed Abdullahi Tsafe.
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National Museum
Sokoto
Address: Federal Secretariat Complex
P.M.B. 2367, Kaduna Rd.
Sokoto
Sokoto State
Tel. 234 (0) 806 577 9755
E-mail: sokoto@nigerianmuseums.org
Established in1975 after the Nigerian Civil War as one of the four Museums of National Unity in the country to build and emphasize cultural similarities in the diversity of ethnicity of the country.
Presently, the office situated at the Federal Secretariat complex, while the permanent site is under development.
Collections: Ethnographic
Archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: none
Curator Ahmed Abdullahi TSAFE (Mr.).
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National War Museum
Umuahia
Address: Ugwunchara Road
Amafor-Isingwu
P.M.B. 7074
Umuahia
Abia State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 330 1113
umuahia@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was opened in 1985 for the purpose of preserving the Nigerian war paraphernalia and efforts through the ages. The galleries contain material objects of traditional and modern warfare as well as other military paraphernalia. The museum grounds contain the radio Voice of Biafra bunker and an open-air display of military hardware, such as heavy artillery guns, armored tanks, bombers, warships, military aircrafts, flying Ogbunigwe (bombs) etc.
The museum oversees other historical monuments in the vicinity:
- The Ojukwu’s Bunker at Afara, Umuahia,
- Chief Okoroji’s House at Arochukwu,
- Obu Nkwa House at Asaga, Ohaofia,
- Obu House at Elu, Ohaofia,
- Chief Ochu’s House at Ndi Okereke, Abam
Collections: Military/ Warfare
Permanent Exhibition: Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70
Other Facilities: Radio Voice of Biafra Bunker
Guest House
Auditorium
Children Park
Ojukwu’s Bunker
Museum Kitchen
Warship Restaurant
Curator: Unuigbe Obomeireghu Francis
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National Museum
Uyo
Address: Wellington Bassey Way (end)
P.M.B. 1109
Uyo
Akwa Ibom State
Tel. 234 (0) 803 452 8897
E-mail: uyo@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum is located within the Governor’s Office complex. It was established in1989.
Collections: history of state creation, ethnographic, archival and personalia items
Permanent Exhibition: Akwa Ibom State: Fulfilment of the Dream
(History of the state creation)
Other Facilities: Museum Education Centre
Museum Kitchen Complex
Museum Shop
Research Library
Museum Publications: Akwa Ibom State: Fulfilment of the Dream
Akwa Etop Newsletter
Curator Peter Agu ODEY (Mr.)
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National Museum
Yola
Address: 2 Bello Tukur Road
Off Ahmadu Bello Way
(opposite Army Command Primary School)
Jimeta-Yola
P.M.B. 2262
Yola
Adamawa State
Tel. 234 (0) 806 320 0622
E mail: yola@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established in 1988 in response to the Federal Government’s policy of establishing a Museum of National Unity in each state of the Federation.
The museum office manages Sukur World Heritage Site from 1999, when the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List.
The Museum also manages the Fombina Palace Museum for the Adamawa Emirate Council, Yola. The palace museum contains ethnographic and historical collections reflecting the history of Adamawa (Fombina) Emirate.
Collections: Archaeological, Ethnographic, Art
Exhibitions: Window to Sukur Kingdom at the Federal Secretariat, Yola
Adamawa in Historical Perspective at Fombina Palace Museum
Other Facilities:
Mini Library
Interpretation and Ticketing Office at Sukur
Curator Chukwudi Uzoma NWOSU (Mr.)
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National Museum
Nok
Address:
Email:- nok@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum was established to house the archaeological materials from the Nok culture in the area, where that culture was first discovered. A camp was maintained at the village of Nok for the purpose of collecting the accidental finds after the discovery of terracotta sculptures there by Bernard Fagg in 1944. In 1949 the Federal Government acquired 8.4 acres of land in Nok for protection of the site as well as archaeological research purposes.
Archaeological Museum Centre was established there 1990, closed down in 1993 and re-opened in October 2003. It is administered through National Museum, Kaduna and has a temporary display of Nok terracotta objects.
Nearby are several caves with ancient habitation, human remains, granaries, hearths and some clay pipes. Some also contained stone sculpture and others - beautiful stalagmite and stalactite structures. The caves served as hideouts to the local population during the inter-tribal wars.
Collections: archaeological
Permanent Exhibition: none
Other Facilities: Bernard Fagg’s Workshop
Guest House
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Slave Museum
Badagry
Address: Chief Seriki Williams Abbas House
Topo
Badagry
Email:- badagry@nigerianmuseums.org
The museum is located in the historical town of Badagry, famous for its slave baracoons. It was opened to the public in 2003 and is administered through National Museum, Lagos.
Opposite it is the old slave port at Topo.
Collections: Slave Trade period
Permanent Exhibition: History of the Slave Trade
Other Facilities: Chief Seriki Williams Abbas Tomb
Slave baracoons
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National Museum
Oyo
Address:
A museum office was established in 2004 at Old Oyo, as an extension of National Museum, Ibadan, to preserve and present cultural artifacts connected with the history of the Old Oyo Kingdom.
Collections: ethnographic
Permanent Exhibition: none
Tel: 234 (0) 806 086 8618
E-mail oyo@nigerianmuseums.org
Curator: Augustine Banji OJO (Mr.)
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