Museums in Sokoto

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Sokoto Museum
Sokoto Museum

Sokoto Museum

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Sokoto

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Sightseeing, Relaxation, Learn, Explore art, Attend public lectures

History of Sokoto Museum Sokoto Museum. Located in the city where the famed caliphate was sited many years ago, the museum tells the history and features many historic relics from the Sokoto Caliphate. Security/Safety of Sokoto Museum This is a very safe location. What To Bring Before heading to Sokoto Museum, here are some helpful things to take along with you: Camera to capture the sights and take selfies with Sun shades and a hat Best Features The museum is dedicated to the Islamic scholar and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate Usman Dan Fodio. It tells the story of the caliphate from its inception, its rise and expansion, its dealings with the British colonists and its sudden fall. Writer's Review You will see relics and even personal effects of Usman Dan Fodio such as his maps, scriptures, copies of his Quran and his thrones. It is a very rich history and the museum brings to life how it was to live in those times. However, the museum is not much in terms of aesthetics.

Waziri Junaidu History and Culture Museum
Waziri Junaidu History and Culture Museum

Sightseeing, Relaxation, Learn, Explore art, Attend public lectures

History of Waziri Junaidu History and Culture Museum Waziri Junaidu History and Culture Museum was established in 1973. Any visit to Sokoto would be incomplete without spending a few hours at the Waziri Junaidu History and Culture Museum, a combined library, museum and archive. Security/Safety of Waziri Junaidu History and Culture Museum This is a very safe location. Best Features Established with the purpose of collecting, preserving and displaying all relics, artifacts, archives and manuscripts relating to the history of Sokoto people and its government, this six department museum of international standards house more than 500,000 volumes of assorted materials and other historical treasures. Writer's Review An extensive tour of the museum is very enlightening. The manuscripts of the Jihad leaders are there, so are some of the flags given to many of the ancestors who made Islam so relevant in today’s Nigeria, West Africa and beyond. The museum, with the support of the Sultanate Council, has compiled many publications, and more are forthcoming.