National Museum Lagos — Attraction in Lagos State

The National Museum is located in Onikan, Lagos Island, Lagos State. The museum has a notable collection of Nigerian art, including some pieces of statuary, carvings, and archaeological and descriptive anthropology (peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences). Its a very neat place, well behave and kind staff. It has a section withe history of Nigeria's past and present leaders, head of states and Presidents of the Pre-colonial and colonial masters including the Presidents and head of states of First, Second, Third and Fourth Republic.

The museum houses the collections of artifacts belonging to different cultures of the ethnic groups in Nigeria. The size of the collection is estimated at 47,000 objects, made of different materials such as wood, ivory, metal and terracotta. The artifacts include masks, textiles, drums, dane guns and wooden figures. Among the artifacts, in the Yoruba section, the museum includes Egungun costumes and clay pots. The museum has a collection of statues dating from different periods of Nigeria's history. The museum also houses traditional musical instruments such as sansas, fiddles and flutes.peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences.The museum contains jewelry and crafts, as well as a collection of textiles including Akwete cloth and other textiles from the Okene, Bida and Western States areas of Nigeria.The museum has displayed works of art by Nigerian artists such as Nike Davies-Okundaye, Abiodun Olaku, Djakow Kassi, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Bolaji Ogunwo, Yusuf Durodola, Chinze Ojobo,[32] Nosa Iyobhabha, Duke Asidere, Ben Enwonwu, Nathaniel Hodonu, Northcote W. Thomas, Kelani Abass and Elizabeth Ekpetorson.The museum contains a variety of sculptures. Among these are the grave sculptures of the Dakakari people who inhabit Sokoto State. These types of sculptures are used in graves to commemorate the death of an important person such as a warrior, social leader or a chief. The museum also contains a sculpture of a Sukur woman in traditional dress from Adamawa State. At the entrance of the museum, also with a sculpture of a deity called Chukwu, of Igbo spirituality. The museum also houses stone sculptures of the Ekoi people. The museum also has sculptures of animals that are used in different cultures of the ethnic groups of Nigeria (Wikipedia)

The place is very conducive and...

Its a lovely museum which hosts the National Pride of the country where you can see the culture of Nigeria and beyond.

The Museum is divided into two integral part. Culture/Historical Part & Political/History Part. The museum itself is limited to some artifacts and if you deserve to see more than what you want your eyes to see, you can make a special request to the management of the museum and if granted such artifacts, would be made available to you for viewing only.

The Museum as well houses the history of Nigeria starting after the Independence, all are detailed and properly outlined in the museum.

Also note you can't snap anything of a picture inside and between the courtyards of the museum. It's a clear rule and warning and make sure you don't snap because if you do take photographs your device would be collected and never be returned. However you can snap the exterior aspects of the museum that is the outside. You can see from my pictures as well I could only snap the outside exterior of the museum.

Obey the rules of the museum and don't take photographs of any items, artifacts in the museum and publish them online. To obey is better than a sacrifice, respect the rules of the museum for now, hopefully in the future we might be allowed to start taking photos.

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This museum was founded in 1957 by English Archeologist Kenneth Murray. The museum is located just by the boundary between Lagos Island and Ikoyi separated by the popular Onikan round about. The museum is surrounded by very monumental buildings of great historical value which includes the former senate building, house of representatives building, The Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, BRT park, The Muson Center, City Mall, former Ecowas secretariat, Zone 2, Onikan Stadium, The Lagos State government house, Remembrance Tunnel, the Army remembrance Arcade, one of the 1st public swimming pool (now closed) and the new Lagos State Museum (under construction). The museum has Nigerian art, including pieces of statuary carvings, archaeological and ethnographic exhibits. I prefer taking a tour with the tour guard because they tell you everything about the museum. I had a wonderful time. I grew up around the museum so I have been there countless times, I visited the museum too a lot of times since I moved away from there. Overall, it is was a wonderful experience. I would go back anytime, any day. The fee is just a token. No pre appointment required. The museum has a very spacious compound that can be used for picnics, group gatherings etc. There is ample parking space. The area is one of the...