National Museums of Kenya

🔊 Announcing a newly launched ✳️ roadmap to conserve Africa's stingless bees ✴️! Between 30 June to 2 July 2026, stakeholders from across Africa and beyond, congregated in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch the Conserving African Stingless Bees: Strengthening Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Utilization (CASBA) Consortium. Read the full story: l1nk.dev/rlwjjhk @CORAFNews @ccardesa_sadc @BiovIntCIAT_eng @TheLandAlliance @kalromkulima @narouganda @museumsofkenya INERA Burkina Faso @InstituteEiar @JimmaUniv @Muni_University University of Antananarivo @univMaroua @ULBruxelles @UCAD_Senegal Amazon Research Internacional; Universidade José Eduardo dos Santos (UJES); MAXMEL Project; Beegreen Limited; Nexlinks Limted; MU-ILESHI Community Forest Association (CFA) @salvationarmy

Exhibition alert. Faces and Masks - The Interwoven Relation. From: 10 -31 July 2026 Venue: the Nairobi Gallery Museum Rates Apply @MuseumSociety members free.

NMK Management reviewed the draft 26/27 FY Work Plan and PC targets in alignment with the 23rd Cycle Performance Contracting Guidelines. The session focused on ensuring strategic priorities and institutional objectives are well aligned to drive effective service delivery.

2/2 Fort Jesus as both a historic fortress and a symbol of the rich cultural heritage of Kenya's coastal communities. Also in attendance were NMK Board Chairman Mr. Edwin Abonyo, Director General Prof. Mary Gikungu, and other invited guests.

His Excellency Mr. Abdi Aden Korio, Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, officiated the opening of the newly refurbished exhibition gallery at Fort Jesus World Heritage Site. Funded by the Kenya Government through the Tourism Promotion Fund, the new exhibition celebrates 1/2

Save the date: Art Dialogue! Date: 14 July 2026 Venue: Nairobi National Museum Free entry. RSVP - shorturl.at/bhYFG

POV: Heritage just took over your skyline. #WhereHeritageLivesOn

ICYMI: Hell's Kitchen aka Marafa Depression in Marafa was gazetted as a national monument on 4th September 2012 under the @museumsofkenya by the late Ole Ntimama the then Minister of National Heritage and Culture.

Museums preserve culture and inspire reflection. Discussed joint @AIDAzerbaijan and @museumsofkenya efforts to strengthen cultural interchange for preservation of national heritage with Professor Mary Gikungu, Director General of the National Museums of Kenya.

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Fort Jesus hosted the official opening of the Virtual Gallery and Sinema Mtaani, officiated by H.E. Henriette Geiger, alongside Coast Region Keeper Hussein Aden, Alliance Française Director Vasilena Kovaleva, and French Embassy Head of Culture Denise Sainte-Marie. #EUat50

and the digital documentation of Kenya's rich cultural and natural collections. I look forward to fostering a structured partnership that advances heritage conservation, cultural exchange, and sustainable development between our two nations.

On the sidelines of the ongoing Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, I had the pleasure of meeting the Ambassador of Ukraine to Kenya, , and the visiting Ukrainian delegation. Our discussions focused on strengthening collaboration in maritime heritage, underwater cultural heritage,

Secure your ticket through nmkpay.ecitizen.go.ke and be part of an unforgettable journey into our human story. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet the ancestor that transformed our understanding of evolution and cemented Kenya’s place at the heart of humanity’s origins.

Night Out with the Turkana Boy (Homo erectus) Venue: Nairobi National Museum Date: 26th June 2026 Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM Entry Fees: • KSh 500 – Kenyan Citizens • KSh 1,000 – East African Residents • KSh 2,000 – Non-Residents

Travel 1.6 million years into the past and come face-to-face with one of humanity’s most celebrated ancestors , the Turkana Boy (Homo erectus). 🧵