Experiencing The Nairobi National Museum
By: adventure africa expedition | Posted: 27th August 2010
Nairobi National Museum in Kenya, takes you through a formidable journey, a magical journey of the past. Just right from the gates you set you eyes on a big mould of dinosaur and you are carried away trying to visualize how the real ones looked like. The museum is very modern after undergoing major reconstructions back in 2007. The best thing is that the museum is located at the heart of the city, hardly ten minutes drive from the city. The museum sits on top of a hill that’s surrounded by tall trees giving the city a greener perspective.
Nairobi National Museum has now a total of 13galleries which are exhibition provisions both for permanent and temporary exhibitions. The permanent galleries are namely; the cradle of mankind, the Hall of Kenya, the Cycle of Life and the Great Hall Mammals. The Hall of Kenya highlights Kenya’s national heritage and also reflects on the three pillars that characterize our heritage. They are culture, nature and history. The Great Hall of Mammals reflects on the evolutionary history and relations of mammals with focus on their divergence and how they developed.
Nairobi National Museum has one excellent permanent exhibition and that’s the Cradle of mankind. It reveals the gradual change in hominids from a period dating back several millions years ago. You will also get to see how the earlier man looked like and some of the tools he used. There is also the Cycle of Life that reveals how different communities have passed major phases of life right from birth, rites of passage, marriage and death. Phases include childhood, youth, adulthood and ancestry. This offers the visitor great comparison on how the ancestral man conducted his life compared to today.
Dickson is the Chief Tour Guide and one of the Directors of Adventure Africa Expedition, he has traveled in many countries in Africa where he built the spirit of adventure and discovered nature hidden wonders in especially tailored walking trails like in Kisoro in Rwanda and Bwindi in Uganda both for Gorilla tracking. For more information on his work please visit http://advenafrica.com/index.htm
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