Important Museums To Visit In Nigeria

How many important museums in Nigeria have you visited? There are different types of museums with different significances and functions around the country. Some of these museums are designed to make you experience the past. Visiting some, you wouldn’t want to leave, while some will have you are itching to run out. No matter how you feel about a museum, these places are important to visit.

The Benin City National Museum

The Benin City National Museum has artifacts related to the ancient Benin Empire with its bronze figures, terracotta and pieces of cast iron. It is located around King’s Square in Benin. This is an important museum in Nigeria

Gidan Makama Museum

The Gidan Makama Musuem is in Kano with a lot of historic relevance to the ancient region. It has collections of arts and crafts sitting on a 15th century building.  Here, you can experience stories of war, music and economy of Kano. It is designated as a national monument.

Kaduna Museum

Kaduna Museum proudly exhibits archaeological materials, ethnographic and crafts exhibits.  You can find a lot of stuff here – a reason why you should visit it when you are in the ‘Crocodile City’.

The National Gallery of Modern Art

The National Gallery of Modern Art is an important art gallery in Lagos. It is situated within the famous National Arts Theatre. You are going to love what you see in this gallery that holds Nigeria’s past and present stories in figures.

Ulli Beier Museum

Ulli Beier Museum in Oshogbo is an art gallery and art school that was established by Ulli Beier and Susan Wenger. This is an important contemporary galley in Africa where the works of aspiring and talented artists display their creativity.

The National War Museum, Umuahia

The National War Museum in Umuahia is different from other museums we have listed because it is specially designed as a war remembrance. The museum has three galleries namely the Armed Forces gallery, the Civil War gallery, and the traditional warfare gallery section.  There are exhibitions of locally made ammunitions such as the Red Devils – Armoured Vehicles, Ojukwu Bucket, and the legendary Ogbunigwe.

Terra Kulture

This is an educational and recreation gallery that has the country’s crafts and arts of the different ethnic groups on display. It is an information centre with a lot of things that you can think of when it comes to art in Nigeria.

The Calabar Museum

This is another special museum that has to do with slave trade. It is designed with colonial architecture and has the relics of the colonial era, documents that discuss slave trade, and also the palm produce merchants in the country. There are also displays of pre-colonial artifacts here. It is in Calabar, Cross River State.

Amalgamation House

Former Colonial governor of the country, Lord Lugard once lived here. It was here the cease fire that ended the Civil war was declared.