East Africa
Kenya
Nairobi County

National Museums of Kenya

The National Museums of Kenya is a state corporation that manages museums, sites and monuments in . It carries out heritage research, and has expertise in subjects ranging from palaeontology, archeology, ethnography and biodiversity research and conservation.
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: state corporation that manages museums, sites and monuments in Kenya
  • Also known as: “National Museums Kenya” and “NMK”
  • Address: Museum Hill, Nairobi

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kenya National Theatre and Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel.

Theater building
is part of the Kenya Cultural Centre, a Semi Autonomous Government Agency under the Ministry of State for National Heritage and Culture in . is situated 520 metres south of National Museums of Kenya.

Hotel
Photo: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fairmont Norfolk is a historic hotel in , , and is managed by the luxury hotel chain Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. The hotel has 170 rooms and three restaurants, and consists of five main blocks, each ranging from 1 to 2 stories high. is situated 480 metres south of National Museums of Kenya.

Park
Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.
is an open garden in the Central Business District of , . was founded by A.M. Jeevanjee, an Asian-born entrepreneur in Kenya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parklands and Nairobi.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the city of , the capital and largest city in Kenya. It is divided into numbered avenues. The name arises from the proximity of the area to City Park, Nairobi.

Photo: Nite Owl, CC BY 3.0.
is the political, as well as financial and media capital of . A city of 4.8 million inhabitants, it's the largest and fastest growing city in the country and one of Africa's largest cities.

Suburb
Photo: Nairobi123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mixed-use neighbourhood in in . Located 3.0 kilometres from Nairobi's central business district, it sits on the westerly areas of the larger Parklands area of Nairobi.

National Museums of Kenya

Latitude
-1.274° or 1° 16′ 26″ south
Longitude
36.81498° or 36° 48′ 54″ east
Open location code
6GCRPRG7+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95122002
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q3330879
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“National Museums of Kenya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتاحف الوطنية في كينيا”
  • Armenian: “Քենիայի ազգային թանգարաններ”
  • Betawi: “Musium Nasional Kénia”
  • Catalan: “Museus Nacionals de Kenya”
  • Chinese: “肯亞國家公園博物館”
  • Chinese: “肯亞國家博物館”
  • Chinese: “肯尼亚国家博物馆”
  • Danish: “National Museums of Kenya”
  • Finnish: “Nairobin kansallismuseo”
  • French: “Musée national de Nairobi”
  • French: “musées nationaux du Kenya”
  • French: “Musées nationaux du Kenya”
  • Georgian: “კენიის ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “National Museums of Kenya”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum Nairobi”
  • Hausa: “Gidan tarihin kasa na Kenya”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי של קניה”
  • Irish: “Músaeim Náisiúnta na Céinia”
  • Italian: “Musei nazionali del Kenya”
  • Italian: “Musei Nazionali del Kenya”
  • Japanese: “ケニア国立博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “National Museums of Kenya”
  • Norwegian: “National Museums of Kenya”
  • Polish: “National Museums of Kenya”
  • Russian: “Национальные музеи Кении”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalni muzej Kenije”
  • Serbian: “NMK”
  • Serbian: “Национални музеј Кеније (Најроби)”
  • Serbian: “Национални музеј Кеније у Најроби”
  • Serbian: “Национални музеј Кеније”
  • Serbian: “НМК”
  • Swahili: “Nairobi National Museum”
  • Swedish: “National Museums of Kenya”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей Кенії”
  • Ukrainian: “Національні музеї Кенії”
  • “NMK”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Amphitheatre and Herbarium.

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