National Museum of Unity, Enugu
Ways Of Travel
By car and motorbike
What To Bring
["Camera to capture the lovely sights and wonders","Cash"]
Notable As
the only thriving museum in the country dedicated to the ‘No Victor, No Vanquished’ slogan of 1970 designed to heal the then self-inflicted festering wounds of the Nigerian Civil War.
Why Was It Built?
in a bid to unify Nigeria after the Nigerian civil war
Reason For Loving Place
It preserves the national cultural heritage, and provides guided tours and research facilities for scholars and interested parties. A tour here takes one through the museum's three galleries. First is the Unity Gallery which presents objects of arts illustrating some common concepts in the belief system of the various ethnic groups of Nigeria. Then there is the Ibo Gallery, which showcases the Ibo world view in relation to the architectural, religious, political, social and economic systems of the Ibo people. Finally is the 'Enugu the Coal City' Gallery, which presents the growth and development of Enugu arising from the discovery of coal.
