National Museum, Lokoja
National Museum, Lokoja was established in , Built by in .
Lokoja Museum is a specialized museum, which focuses on the country’s colonial past, hence its name of Museum of Colonial History, Lokoja. This Museum in Lokoja was established in 1989. The museum’s collections focus on colonial history and ethnography. Lokoja’s Museum of Colonial History actually occupies what is rightly a monument because it is housed inside one of Lord Lugard’s then senior staff quarters. Just beyond the gate, upon. entering National Museum Lokoja, the sightseer will find a bustof heavily mustachioed Lord Frederick Lugard on a pedestal more than 24 inches high. It has a permanent exhibition on the importance of the Niger-Benue confluence to Nigeria’s history.
