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Posted by Maina Kiarie on Sep 2, 2011

Thimlich Ohinga

By Maina Kiarie Date: between AD 1300 and AD 1500 Location: Nyatike County, Western Kenya. Culture: Likely Bantu, Late Iron Age. Thimlich Ohinga is one of a number of old villages and settlement sites marked by dry stone walling that date back to the 14th century. ‘Thimlich’ literally means ‘frightening dense...

Posted by Maina Kiarie on Sep 2, 2011

Olorgesailie

By Maina Kiarie Olorgesailie is a Lower Palaeolithic archaeological site in southern Kenya on the floor of the Rift Valley. It was discovered in 1919 by John Walker Gregory, a British geologist. It is located about 70km south-west of Nairobi on the road to Magadi. The site covering an area of 52 acres was donated to the government of...

Posted by Maina Kiarie on Sep 2, 2011

Fort Jesus

By Maina Kiarie Fort Jesus is located in Mombasa Island in Kenya’s Coast Province. Fort Jesus was constructed on a coral ridge at the entrance of the harbour by the Portuguese in 1593 – more than a hundred years since their occupation of the East African coast. On October 24, 1958, Fort Jesus was declared a National park under...

Posted by Maina Kiarie on Nov 8, 2011

Kisumu Museum

By Maina Kiarie Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya. It is the third largest city in Kenya and the principal city of western Kenya. The port was founded in 1901 as the main inland terminal of the Uganda Railway and named Port Florence. The city hosts a number of sights among them Kisumu museum under the jurisdiction of the National...

Posted by Maina Kiarie on Nov 8, 2011

Kitale Museum

By Maina Kiarie Kitale Museum is located about 1 kilometre from Kitale town centre in Trans Nzoia district of the Rift Valley province. In December 1974, the museum at the time known as the National Museum of Western Kenya, Kitale was opened to the public. It was the first inland museum to be developed in Kenya and the first regional museum in...

Posted by Maina Kiarie on Nov 8, 2011

Narok Museum

By Maina Kiarie The Narok/Maa museum is located in a west-north-west direction 141km from Nairobi at the entrance of Narok town. The museum, opened to the public in 1996, is housed in a building that previously served as a community hall now converted into an office, a collection room and an exhibition gallery. The pictures and artefacts...

Posted by Maina Kiarie on Nov 8, 2011

Rabai

By Maina Kiarie Rabai is situated about 25km north-west of Mombasa, off the Nairobi-Mombasa highway on Mazeras-Kaloleni road. Rabai, also called Rabai Mpya, is a historic location in Kilifi district as it is the first place where missionaries of the Church Missionary Society established a Christian mission. The Rabai museum was opened as a site...

Posted by Maina Kiarie on Nov 8, 2011

Kapenguria

By Maina Kiarie Kapenguria is a town in Kenya lying north east of Kitale near Saiwa Swamp National Park. The town functions as the capital of the West Pokot District. Kapenguria is home to Kapenguria museum which was officially opened on September 19, 1993. The museum is a regional museum under the jurisdiction of the Directorate of...