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Its headquarters and the National Museum (Nairobi National Museum) are located on Museum Hill, near Uhuru Highway between Central Business District and Westlands in Nairobi. The National Museum of Kenya was founded by the East Africa Natural History Society (E.A.N.H.S.) in 1910; the society's main goal has always been to conduct an ongoing ...
Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya. Coordinates. 1°17′12″S 36°49′04″E / 1.286789°S 36.817833°E / -1.286789; 36.817833. Type. Art Gallery. The Nairobi Gallery (Swahili: Nyumba ya sanaa ya Nairobi) is an art gallery located an at the edge of the Nairobi central business district. The gallery is dedicated to showcasing African ...
Syowia Kyambi is a multimedia and interdisciplinary artist and curator whose work spans photography, video, drawing, sound, sculpture, and performance installation. [1] She is of Kenyan and German descent, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is known for her "performative installations that recast historical (Western) narratives and intervene in ...
Nowadays the museum is situated in the upscale Nairobi suburb named "Karen," which was created by the land re-parceling of the coffee farm, after Blixen's return to Denmark. [ 2 ] The Karen Blixen Museum is open every day between 09:30 and 18:00, including on weekends and public holidays. [ 2 ]
The African Heritage House is a national monument [ 1] in Kenya, classified and gazetted under the National Museums and Heritage Act in 2016. Designed by Alan Donovan, [ 2] built to preserve forgotten architectural designs of the African continent. The house [ 3] is facing the Nairobi national park, and the public can visit the house for a tour ...
Community Museums of Kenya. Fort Jesus Museum, Mombasa. Garissa Museum. Gede National Monument. Hyrax Hill Site Museum. Jumba la Mtwana. Kabarnet Museum. Kapenguria Museum. Karen Blixen Museum, near Nairobi.
Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) is a Kenyan American visual artist, known primarily for her painting, sculpture, film, and performance work. [2] Born in Kenya, Mutu now splits her time between her studio there in Nairobi and her studio in Brooklyn, New York, where she has lived and worked for over 20 years. [3]
The Nairobi Railway Museum is a railway museum in Nairobi, Kenya, adjacent to Nairobi railway station. Containing exhibits from the defunct East African Railways, it was opened in 1971 by East African Railways and Harbours Corporation. It is operated by Kenya Railways. [1] The museum has maintained its rail connection.