Jos Museum
Jos Museum is a museum in Jos, Nigeria. The museum was established in 1952 by Bernard Fagg. The museum administers the Museum of Traditional Nigerian Architecture.Photo: Jiří Komárek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jiří Komárek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Museum in Nigeria
- Also known as: “National Museum, Jos”
- Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Jiří Komárek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jiří Komárek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jiří Komárek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jos.
Jos
Photo: Jiří Komárek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jos is the state capital of Plateau State in North Central Nigeria. Before the unrest that has shaken the region, the city's cool climate, scenic plateau location and colonial importance made it a popular tourist destination.
Jos Museum
- Categories: national museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Jos North, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.91372° or 9° 54′ 49″ northLongitude
8.88656° or 8° 53′ 12″ eastOpen location code
6FXCWV7P+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1874729487OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q6279125
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Jos Museum” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Jos Museum”
- Asturian: “Jos Museum”
- Bavarian: “Jos Museum”
- Breton: “Jos Museum”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی جۆس”
- Corsican: “Jos Museum”
- Danish: “Jos Museum”
- Dutch: “Jos Museum”
- French: “Jos Museum”
- Fulah: “Suudu Tariihawol Jos”
- German: “Jos Museum”
- Hausa: “Jos Museum”
- Igbo: “Jos Museum”
- Indonesian: “Jos Museum”
- Irish: “Jos Museum”
- Italian: “Jos Museum”
- Low German: “Jos Museum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jos Museum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jos Museum”
- Portuguese: “Jos Museum”
- Portuguese: “Museu Jos”
- Romanian: “Jos Museum”
- Spanish: “Jos Museum”
- Swedish: “Jos Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jos zoological garden and Church of Christ In Nations headquarters Jos.
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