National Museums of Kenya

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:African_Museums_Association
gptkb:UNESCO
gptkb:International_Council_of_Museums
gptkbp:annualVisitors hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:country gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:director gptkb:Dr._Mzalendo_Kibunjia
gptkbp:fieldOfWork archaeology
natural history
paleontology
cultural history
ethnography
heritage conservation
museum management
biodiversity research
heritage education
gptkbp:founded 1910
gptkbp:headquarters_location Nairobi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Museums of Kenya
gptkbp:languageOfWork English
Swahili
gptkbp:legalStatus state corporation under the National Museums and Heritage Act, 2006
gptkbp:mission to collect, preserve, study, document and present Kenya’s past and present cultural and natural heritage
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Koobi_Fora_fossils
gptkb:Lamu_Fort
gptkb:Turkana_Boy
East African natural history specimens
Gedi Ruins artifacts
Kenyan ethnographic materials
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Wajir_Museum
gptkb:Fort_Jesus
gptkb:Nairobi_National_Museum
gptkb:Gede_Ruins
gptkb:Hyrax_Hill_Museum
gptkb:Jumba_la_Mtwana
gptkb:Kabarnet_Museum
gptkb:Karen_Blixen_Museum
gptkb:Kitale_Museum
gptkb:Lamu_Museum
gptkb:Malindi_Museum
gptkb:Meru_Museum
gptkb:Narok_Museum
gptkb:Rabai_Museum
gptkb:Kisumu_Museum
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Sports,_Culture_and_Heritage_(Kenya)
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Museum_Hill,_Nairobi
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Kenya
East Africa
gptkbp:type gptkb:state-owned_enterprise
gptkbp:website https://www.museums.or.ke/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard_Leakey
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4