National Museum of Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone National Museum National Museum
of Sierra Leone
National Museum of Sierra Leone at Cotton tree in Freetown - Mapillary (Yp2BPDsT7TyNtrN6lZ4z9Q) .jpg
National Museum (back; left)
Data
place Freetown
Art
opening 1957
Extension 1987
Number of visitors (annually) 250,000 (mid-1970s)
management
Josephine Kargbo
Website

The National Museum of Sierra Leone ( English Sierra Leone National Museum ) is the largest museum in Sierra Leone and is one of only two museums in the country. It is a state-sponsored cultural and research facility. The museum is located in the historic center of Freetown in the Lucien Gent Garden by the Cotton Tree .

The museum was founded in 1957 under the name "Museum of the Sierra Leone Society" ( Museum of the Sierra Leone Society ). In 1967 the museum and its two small buildings, including the former Cotton Tree train station , became state property. Since then it has been run by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture . In 1987 it was expanded by an extension financed by Germany.

Numerous exhibits were stolen during the civil war in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002. With the help of the British Museum , a database of the existing objects has been set up since 2009.

Photo gallery

  • Arrows

  • Drilled stones

  • Nomoli

  • Vessels

Web links

Commons : National Museum of Sierra Leone  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Africa Program Sustainable and dynamic initiatives for exchange and skills sharing - Sierra Leone. British Museum. Retrieved February 5, 2013
  2. ^ Sierra Leone National Museum. Retrieved February 5, 2013

Coordinates: 8 ° 29 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 13 ° 14 ′ 9 ″  W.