Nairobi National Museum

An educational way to spend a few hours in a city stopover. The museum displays diverse cultural and natural history exhibits, including more than 900 stuffed birds and mammals, fossils from Lake Turkana, ethnic displays from various Kenyan tribal groups, and exhibits of local art. In the Geology Gallery, visitors can explore an impressive collection of rocks and minerals and learn about tectonic plates and the life cycle of a volcano. The Hominid Vault contains a  collection of prehistoric bones and fossils, including
The preserved fossil of an elephant. At the museum, Visitors can purchase combination tickets, which include entrance to the adjacent Snake Park with live specimens of Kenya’s most common reptiles.
Hours: Open daily 8:30 am-5:30 pm
Admission: Non-Resident Adults – Kshs 1,500
children under 16 years – Kshs 1,000
Address: Museum Hill Road, Nairobi