Museum Nairobi

The newly renovated National Museum of Nairobi is a good place to learn more about the history and culture of Kenya.

 The construction of the present Museum Hill site began in 1929 after the government set aside the land for it.

The museum was officially opened on September 22, 1930, and named Coryndon Museum, in honor of Sir Robert Coryndon, a governor of Kenya and a staunch supporter of the Society of Natural History Ugada time.

With the opening of the museum, the society moved its extensive library in the museum complex.

Part of this collection made the foundation collection for what is now the Herbarium. In the early forties and fifties, the late Dr. Louis Leakey made a public appeal for funds to expand the Museum.

The result was the construction of all the present galleries to the right of the main entrance.

These were named in honor of the members of the community of Nairobi who made their contributions for the construction. Today is the Mahatma Gandhi Hall, the Aga Khan and the Churchill Gallery among others.