Mauritius
Blue Penny Museum The Blue Penny Museum, a museum dedicated to the history and art of Mauritius, is situated at Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. It opened in November 2001. The museum collection includes the 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps. The stamps were bought in 1993 for $2,000,000 by […]
Mali
Muso Kunda Museum of Women The Muso Kunda Women’s Museum, established in 1995, is an institution dedicated to showcasing and promote the cause of women in Mali. The Museum was founded by Malian feminist and historian Adame Ba Konaré in Bomako. The museum seeks to break stereotypes of women, celebrate their contributions, defend their rights […]
Malawi
Chichiri Museum The Chichiri Museum, also known as the Museum of Malawi, is a historical and cultural museum located in Blantyre, Malawi. The Museums of Malawi, initially known as the Nyasaland Museum, was established through legislation in May 1957. The current museum building was constructed in 1965 at Chichiri Hill in Blantyre, using funds from […]
Madagascar
Museum of Photography Museum of Photography of Madagascar is located in the Upper Town, a highly touristic district, the Museum of Photography aims to tell the story of Madagascar through rare images. In addition, it aims to preserve and enhance the photographic heritage of the Big Island, and should allow Malagasy people to appropriate their […]
Mauritania
Museum of Ouadane The Museum of Ouadane is a local museum in Ouadane, Mauritania. It is located in the old town of the World Heritage Site of Ouadane in a building called Maison des Armes. Its collections present elements from the Neolithic to the colonial period, with lithic materials, ceramics, Arabic manuscripts and maps, and […]
Libya
Apollonia Museum Apollonia Museum (also known as Susa Museum) is an archaeological museum located in Susa, Libya. Its collection includes ancient Libyan and Ptolemaic sculptures, funerary art, architectural elements, ceramics and other household items.[1] The museum houses a lot of history that includes Greek and Latin artifacts. Cyrene Antiquity Museum Cyrene Antiquity Museum is an […]
Liberia
Liberian National Museum The National Museum of Liberia is a national museum in Monrovia, Liberia. Initially housed in the First Executive Mansion on Ashmun Street of the city which is now used as a library, it was established by an Act of the National Legislature in 1958 under the administration of Liberia’s 18th President, Dr […]
Lesotho
Morija Museum and Archives (MMA) Morija Museum and Archives (MMA), which stands in the historic town of Morija about an hour’s drive south of the capital Maseru is Lesotho’s oldest and best-known museum. The museum was formally opened in 1956, and entered its present permanent facilities in 1989. The purpose of the museum is to […]
Niger
Musée National Boubou Hama Musée National Boubou Hama is the national museum of Niger, located in Niamey. It was founded in 1959 as Musée National du Niger. Its first conservator, Pablo Toucet, designed the concept of the museum, according to which it was part of the Culture Valley of Niamey, proposed by Boubou Hama. Adjacent […]
Namibia
National Museum of Namibia The National Museum is accommodated at three different places in central Windhoek. The Owela Display Centre houses the zoological and general scientific collection. Located in Lüderitz Street, it shares a building with the Windhoek Public Library. It is accommodated at the Alte Feste building in Robert Mugabe Avenue, next to the […]
