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Musée National des Costumes

Ivory Coast

Musée National des Costumes The Musée National des Costumes de Grand-Bassam is an Ivory Coast museum. It is situated in the Comoé District of Grand-Bassam. The National Museum of Costume is a grand colonial-style structure that houses a diverse collection of ancient cultural artifacts and collections from across the country. The colonial rulers of the […]

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Campaign Against Genocide Museum

Rwanda

Table of Content: Kandt House Museum Ethnographic Museum Campaign Against Genocide Museum Rwanda Art Museum King’s Palace Museum Gallery Museum of the Environment National Liberation Museum Park Kandt House Museum Kandt House Museum of Natural History was its previous name. It is a museum located on KN 90 Street in Kigali, Rwanda, about one kilometer […]

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São Tomé and Príncipe

São Sebastião Museum São Sebastio Museum is a museum in the city of São Tomé,  housed in a 16th century fortress. It is located at the southeastern end of Ana Chaves Bay, northeast of the city center. It houses religious art as well as colonial-era artifacts. The Portuguese built the fortress in 1566 to protect […]

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Museums of Senegal

Senegal

Table of Content: House of Slave IFAN Museum of African Arts Musée Léopold Sedar Senghor Musée Léopold Sedar Senghor Musée Léopold Sedar Senghor Musée des Forces Armées Sénégalaises House of Slave A visit to this pastel-colored museum on Ile Gorée, an island 3km (1.86mi) off Dakar’s southern tip, is almost a rite of passage for […]

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Sierra Leone National Railway Museum

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone National Museum It is located in central Freetown at the intersection of Siaka Stevens Street and Pademba Road. The Sierra Leone Society Museum opened in 1957 as a ‘learned society’ whose members included colonial officials and prominent members of Freetown’s Krio community. When the Sierra Leone Society folded in the mid-1960s, the museum […]

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National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo

National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo It is a museum in Kinshasa dedicated to the cultural history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s various ethnic groups and historical epochs. In June 2019, representatives from the Republic of Korea officially handed it over to the Congolese government. The Korean Agency for Cooperation funded […]

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Museums of Djibouti

Djibouti

People’s Palace The People’s Palace is a monument in Djibouti City that represents the people’s struggle for freedom. It is a patriotic monument that seeks to honor one of the nation’s most important national symbols. This is made up of representative elements linked to the ideas of Djiboutian liberators, as well as the shield of […]

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Museums of egypt

Egypt

The Egyptian Museum The Egyptian Museum, founded in 1902, is the Middle East’s oldest archaeological museum and home to the world’s largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities. The museum houses a large collection spanning the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman Era. The complete burials of Yuya and Thuya, Psusennes I and Tanis’ treasures, and the Narmer […]

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Museums of Eritrea

Eritrea

National Museum of Eritrea It is in the city of Asmar, Eritrea. Woldeab Woldemariam founded it in 1992, and it was originally housed in the former Governor’s Palace until 1997, when it was relocated. The school was moved to the former Comboni Sisters School for Women. The National Museum of Eritrea promotes Eritrean history both […]

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Swaziland National Museum

Eswatini

Swaziland National Museum The Swaziland National Museum was founded in 1972 and is located in Lobamba, adjacent to the Parliament. It is pivotal for preserving past traditions and culture for future generations. The International Council of Museums (ICOM) defined a museum as a “non-profit making institution in the service of society and its development that […]

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