Museum Hill

4.5(1967 reviews)

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Riverside

Museum

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A pleasant natural history museum with cultural exhibits and a big range of collections that amaze visitors at any age. There's so much to learn about Kenyan history and culture — just be careful crossing the busy road to enter the museum grounds.

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What this place offers

Wheelchair accessible

HoursClosed

Monday8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Tuesday8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Wednesday8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Thursday8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Friday8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

SaturdayClosed

SundayClosed

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4.5

Based on 1967 reviews

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Chris Duckworth

6 months ago

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Museum Hill Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Riverside

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Museum Hill is located at Museum Hill Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, Riverside, Nairobi.

Museum Hill has an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 1967 reviews.

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Pleasent natural History museum with some cultural exhibits. A full ethnography exhibit would be a pleasant add. Safety on the public street just outside the museum grounds could be better, we had to...

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Walt Simkins

7 months ago

Aside from the life altering and dangerous experience of trying to cross the road to enter the museum property, our experience at the museum was great! I loved learning about Kenyan history and cultur...

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Wangechi Mwangi

6 months ago

The joy of visiting the museum at an older age. There is so much to learn about our history and the big range of collections just left me amazed. I would definitely like to go back there.

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Alfred Lisiyas

3 months ago

A wonderful place to visit where you get to learn more about the history of Kenya. The peoples cultures, animals, foods of Kenya are well documented in the Meseum. Another attraction was the Meseum o...

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Eamon Mealy

2 weeks ago

Poor croc and alligator left in tiny dirty pools. Aquarium consists of a few tanks .Snakes enclosures dated . Museum worth a visit . . Interesting exhibits.Amazing collection of birds and Animals. Bri...

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