🏛️ Africa Museums

296 museums · 42 countries

A profile for each of the 296 notable museums in Africa — location, country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia. These 296 museums span 42 countries.

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South Africa

6th of October Panorama

Egypt

Abderrahman Slaoui Museum

Morocco

Adwa 00KM Museum

Ethiopia

Ahmed Shawki Museum

Egypt

Ahmed Zabana National Museum

Algeria

Al-Gawhara Palace

Egypt

Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum

Benin

Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts

Egypt

Amathole Museum

South Africa

Antoine de Saint-Exupery Museum

Morocco

Arewa House

Nigeria

Aswan Museum

Egypt

Ateker Cultural Centre

Uganda

Babungo Museum

Cameroon

Badagry Heritage Museum

Nigeria

Baham Royal Museum

Cameroon

Bahia Palace

Morocco

Bapa Museum

Cameroon

Bardo National Museum (Algiers)

Algeria

Bardo National Museum (Tunis)

Tunisia

Barkly West Museum

South Africa

Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex

South Africa

Bayt Dakira

Morocco

Beit El-Umma

Egypt

Beit Yehuda Synagogue

Morocco

Bellville historical clay and stone quarry and adjacent jail

South Africa

Beshtak Palace

Egypt

Bisa Aberwa Museum

Ghana

Bisesero Genocide Memorial Centre

Rwanda

Blackitude Museum

Cameroon

Blue Penny Museum

Mauritius

Boab Prison Tree

Botswana

Boipatong Memorial and Youth Heritage Centre

South Africa

Boké Museum

Guinea

Bomas of Kenya

Kenya

Borj Belkari

Morocco

Bulla Regia Museum

Tunisia

Caledon Museum

South Africa

Campaign Against Genocide Museum

Rwanda

Cape Coast Castle Museum

Ghana

Cape Medical Museum

South Africa

Cape Town Holocaust Centre

South Africa

Carriage Museum (Egypt)

Egypt

Carthage National Museum

Tunisia

Carthage Paleo-Christian Museum

Tunisia

Center for Research, Information Management and Media Development Museum

Nigeria

Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization

Nigeria

Ceres Transport Riders' Museum

South Africa

Chavonnes Battery

South Africa

Chemtou Museum

Tunisia

Child Museum (Cairo)

Egypt

Copperbelt Museum

Zambia

Coptic Museum

Egypt

CP Nel Museum

South Africa

Cultural Research Centre Museum-Jinja

Uganda

Cyanika Genocide Memorial

Rwanda

Cyrene Antiquity Museum

Libya

Dar Batha

Morocco

Dar el Bacha

Morocco

Dar Essid Museum

Tunisia

Dar Jamai Museum

Morocco

Dar Jellouli Museum

Tunisia

Dar Si Said

Morocco

Denshway Museum

Egypt

Despite Automobile Museum

Ghana

District Six Museum

South Africa

Ditsong Museums of South Africa

South Africa

Ditsong National Museum of Natural History

South Africa

Doual'art

Cameroon

Douz Museum

Tunisia

Drostdy Museum

South Africa

Dundo Museum

Angola

East African Revival Museum

Uganda

East London Museum

South Africa

Egyptian Geological Museum

Egypt

Egyptian National Military Museum

Egypt

El Djem Archaeological Museum

Tunisia

Elephant Museum

South Africa

Elmina Java Museum

Ghana

Esiẹ Museum

Nigeria

Ethiopia Museum of Art and Science

Ethiopia

Ethnographic Museum (Rwanda)

Rwanda

Ezulwini Handicrafts Centre

Eswatini

Farouk Corner Museum

Egypt

Fietas Museum

South Africa

First Floor Gallery Harare

Zimbabwe

Fort Lugard

Uganda

Franschhoek Motor Museum

South Africa

Funduq al-Najjarin

Morocco

Gafsa Archaeological Museum

Tunisia

Gamal Abdel Nasser Museum

Egypt

Germa Museum

Libya

Ghadames Museum

Libya

Gidan Makama Museum Kano

Nigeria

Giza Solar boat museum

Egypt

Government House, Orange Free State

South Africa

Groote Schuur

South Africa

Ham Mukasa Museum

Uganda

Heart of Cape Town Museum

South Africa

Helwan wax museum

Egypt

Historical Museum of Senegal in Gorée

Senegal

Huguenot Memorial Museum

South Africa

Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum

Kenya

Ife National Museum

Nigeria

Igongo Cultural Centre and Museum

Uganda

Imhotep Museum

Egypt

Islamic Museum of Tripoli

Libya

Iziko Museums of South Africa

South Africa

Janzour Museum

Libya

Kabarnet Museum

Kenya

Kachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool

The Gambia

Kaduna Museum

Nigeria

Kandt House Museum

Rwanda

Kanta Museum

Nigeria

Kapenguria Museum

Kenya

Kara Regional Museum

Togo

Karamoja Regional Museum

Uganda

Karanis Site Museum

Egypt

Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya

Kenya

Karonga Museum

Malawi

Kgosi Sechele I Museum

Botswana

Khalifa House Museum

Sudan

Khama III Memorial Museum

Botswana

Kharga Museum

Egypt

Kigali Genocide Memorial

Rwanda

Kigulu Cultural Museum

Uganda

King's Palace Museum Rukari

Rwanda

Kisumu Museum

Kenya

Kitale Museum

Kenya

L'Union Estate

Seychelles

L'Uzine

Morocco

Lake Malawi Museum

Malawi

Lamta Archaeological Museum

Tunisia

Lamu Museum

Kenya

Leptis Magna Museum

Libya

Living Museum of Bujumbura

Burundi

Longwood House

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum

South Africa

Madi Community Museum

Uganda

Makthar Museum

Tunisia

Malindi Museum

Kenya

Mallawi Museum

Egypt

Manhyia Palace

Ghana

Manhyia Palace Museum

Ghana

Mankon Museum

Cameroon

Mapungubwe Collection

South Africa

Maramba Cultural Museum

Zambia

Maritime Museum of Douala

Cameroon

Marrakech Museum

Morocco

Martello Tower at La Preneuse

Mauritius

Mauritius Postal Museum

Mauritius

Medersa Loukach

Morocco

Meru Museum

Kenya

Misrata War Museum

Libya

Mobee Royal Family Slave Relics Museum

Nigeria

Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Morocco

Morija Museum & Archives

Lesotho

Mostafa Kamel Museum

Egypt

Moto Moto Museum

Zambia

Mouassine Museum

Morocco

Mukhtar Museum

Egypt

Mummification Museum

Egypt

Musée Boribana

Senegal

Musée Charles et Marguerithe Bieth

Ivory Coast

Musée de Carmen-Macein

Morocco

Musée de la Culture Diola

Senegal

Musée de la Mer

Senegal

Musée de Manega

Burkina Faso

Musée des Civilisations de Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast

Musée des Forces Armées Senegalaise

Senegal

Musée du Parc M'Ploussoue de Bonoua

Ivory Coast

Musée en Plein Air de Parakou

Benin

Musée national Boubou-Hama

Niger

Musée national du costume de Grand-Bassam

Ivory Coast

Musée Péléféro Gbon Coulibaly

Ivory Coast

Musée Préfectoral de Kissidougou

Guinea

Musée Régional de Tambacounda

Senegal

Musée Régional de Thiès

Senegal

Musée Senghor Fondation

Senegal

Museu Municipal de São Filipe

Cape Verde

Museu Nacional de Antropologia (Angola)

Angola

Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden

Morocco

Museum of Art and History of West African Cultures

Senegal

Museum of Black Civilisations

Senegal

Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier)

Morocco

Museum of History and Civilizations

Morocco

Museum of Islamic Ceramics

Egypt

Museum of Libya

Libya

Museum of Modern Art of Algiers

Algeria

Museum of Modern Egyptian Art

Egypt

Museum of Moroccan Judaism

Morocco

Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions

Algeria

Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of Le Kef

Tunisia

Museum of Saint Helena

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Museum of Tal Basta Antiquities

Egypt

Museum of the Revolution (Algeria)

Algeria

Museum of West African Art

Nigeria

Muso Kunda Museum of Women

Mali

Mutare Museum

Zimbabwe

Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial House

Tanzania

Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre

Tanzania

Nalut Dinosaur Museum

Libya

Narok Museum

Kenya

National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre

South Africa

National Earth Science Museum

Namibia

National English Literary Museum

South Africa

National Ethnographic Museum (Guinea-Bissau)

Guinea-Bissau

National History Museum of Mauritius

Mauritius

National Jewellery Museum (Morocco)

Morocco

National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art

Algeria

National Museum of Colonial History, Aba

Nigeria

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

Egypt

National Museum of Ghana

Ghana

National Museum of Lubumbashi

Democratic Republic of the Congo

National Museum of Namibia

Namibia

National Museum of Slavery

Angola

National Museum of Tanzania

Tanzania

National Museum of Unity, Ibadan

Nigeria

National Museum, Bloemfontein

South Africa

National War Museum, Umuahia

Nigeria

Ncome Monument and Museum Complex

South Africa

Nigerian National Museum

Nigeria

Nubian Museum

Egypt

Okahandja Military Museum

Namibia

Olduvai Gorge Museum

Tanzania

Oom Samie se Winkel

South Africa

Oron Museum

Nigeria

Ouidah Museum of History

Benin

Owo Museum

Nigeria

Palais des Rais

Algeria

People's Liberation Army Museum

Algeria

Phuthadikobo Museum

Botswana

Pionier Museum

South Africa

Postal Museum (Cairo)

Egypt

Prempeh II Jubilee Museum

Ghana

Qasr Al-Eini Museum

Egypt

Queen's Fort Military Museum

South Africa

Rabai Museum

Kenya

Rashid National Museum

Egypt

Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum

Ethiopia

Reinet House

South Africa

Rommel Museum, Mersa Matruh

Egypt

Royal Palace, Porto-Novo

Benin

Rust en Vreugd

South Africa

Rwesero Art Museum

Rwanda

SAB World of Beer

South Africa

Sadat Museum

Egypt

Saffron Palace

Egypt

Samora Machel Monument

South Africa

São Sebastião Museum

São Tomé and Príncipe

Satyagraha House

South Africa

Semei Kakungulu Museum

Uganda

Seriki Williams Abass Slave Museum

Nigeria

Seychelles Natural History Museum

Seychelles

Sfax Archaeological Museum

Tunisia

Sidi Belahcen Mosque

Algeria

Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum

Morocco

Sierra Leone National Museum

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone National Railway Museum

Sierra Leone

Simon's Town Museum

South Africa

Slave Lodge, Cape Town

South Africa

Sousse Archaeological Museum

Tunisia

South African Jewish Museum

South Africa

South African Sendinggestig Museum

South Africa

Ssemagulu Royal Museum

Uganda

St. Luke Community Museum

Uganda

Sukuma Museum

Tanzania

Sultan's Palace, Zanzibar

Tanzania

Supa Ngwao Museum

Botswana

Symposium de sculpture sur granit de Laongo

Burkina Faso

Taha Hussein Museum

Egypt

Tambach Museum

Kenya

Tetouan Archaeological Museum

Morocco

Thiowor Museum

Senegal

Trans-Namib Railroad Museum

Namibia

Tunisian National Military Museum

Tunisia

Uganda Martyrs Museum

Uganda

Uganda Museum

Uganda

Uganda Railway Museum

Uganda

Ulli Beier Museum

Nigeria

Umm Kulthum Museum

Egypt

University of Madagascar's Museum of Art and Archaeology

Madagascar

Upper East Regional Museum

Ghana

Villa Karo

Benin

Volta Regional Museum

Ghana

Wajir Museum

Kenya

Waterworks Museum (Cape Town)

South Africa

Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum

South Africa

Wray Memorial Museum

Kenya

Yaa Asantewaa Museum

Ghana

Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art

Nigeria

Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakesh

Morocco

Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences

Zimbabwe

Zinder Regional Museum

Niger

Zoma Museum

Ethiopia

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