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Malindi’s first museum building was opened in 2004, located in a two story building dating from 1891 known as The House of Columns. In 2013 Malindi Museum acquired a second set of buildings which is now known as Malindi Museum Heritage Complex, the main building of which houses the ethnographic collections. Malindi...
Aswan Museum is located in the south-eastern part of Aswan on Elephantine Island, an island on the Nile which forms part of the city. Opened in 1912, The museum features artifacts from Nubia, which were housed there during the construction of the Aswan Dam. It also displays findings that were discovered on...
The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), located in the heart of the walled city of Nicosia, opened in 2014. CVAR is home to the Costas and Rita Severis collections, which include paintings, antique costumes and memorabilia related to Cyprus and its neighbours. CVAR also houses a library and...
The Kabarnet Museum is a regional museum located in Kabarnet, Kenya. It features galleries relating to the Great Rift Valley and its peoples, including the Keiyo/Marakwet, Samburu, Pokot, Nandi and Kipsigis. (Wikipedia)
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The Institute of American Indian Arts is one of 37 tribal colleges in the United States. Established as a high school in 1962, it is today the only fine arts college in the world dedicated to the study of contemporary Native American and Alaskan Native arts. The Institute has its...
Oman Across Ages is a museum in two parts; the history of Oman up to 1970 and the 50-year renaissance that followed under the reign of the late Sultan Qaboos. The Museum aims to spread awareness and strengthen the relationship of Omani youth with their cultural heritage. It encourages them...
Inspired by the life and work of U Thant, the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, and situated at his former residence in Yangon, programmes at U Thant House are centred around the issues that were most important to him: peace, human dignity, sustainable development, education, and protecting the environment....
The National Museum of Brazil holds a vast collection with more than 20 million objects, one of the largest collections of natural history and anthropological artifacts in the world, encompassing some of the most important material records regarding natural science and anthropology in Brazil, as well as numerous items that came from other regions...
The National Museum of Colombia (Museo Nacional de Colombia) was created in 1823 and is one of the oldest in America. It offers its visitors seventeen permanent exhibition halls, in which around 2,500 works and objects, symbols of national history and heritage, are displayed. In its calendar of temporary exhibitions,...
The State Museum, Lucknow, located within the premises of the Lucknow Zoo, was established in 1863. The multi-purpose museum has several galleries with artefacts on display, ranging from natural history objects to objects from the Stone Age. The four-storey museum has numerous galleries, including a Jain art gallery, Indian sculpture...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam is the government agency responsible for state management in the fields of culture, family, sports and tourism. The ministry was founded in 2007 after the merger of the Committee of Physical Training and Sports of Vietnam, General Department of Tourism, and Culture section from the Ministry of Culture and...
Bishop Museum was founded in 1889 by Charles Reed Bishop in honour of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last descendant of the royal Kamehameha family. The Museum was established to house the extensive collection of Hawaiian objects and royal family heirlooms of the Princess, and has expanded...