Uganda Museum — Attraction in Kampala

“Uganda is a fairy-tale, you climb up a railway instead of a beanstalk, and at the end there is a wonderful new world,” Sir Winston Churchill, who visited the country during its years under British rule and who called it “the pearl of Africa. Uganda is indeed a beautiful country blessed with wildlife and a very rich culture, which is portrayed by the Ugandan National museum.

The Uganda Museum is the oldest museum in East Africa. It is located in Kampala, Uganda. It displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda's cultural heritage. It was founded in 1908, after Governor George Wilson called for "all articles of interest" on Uganda to be procured.  Among the collections in the Uganda Museum are playable musical instruments, hunting equipment, weaponry, archaeology and entomology.

The museum started in a small Sikh temple at Fort Lugard on Old Kampala Hill. Between the 1920s and 1940s, archaeology and paleontological surveys and excavations were conducted by Church Hill, E. J. Wayland, Bishop J. Wilson, P. L. Shinnie, E. Lanning, and several others, who collected a significant number of artifacts to boost the museum. The museum at Fort Lugard become too small to hold the specimens, and the museum was moved to the Margret Trowel School of Fine Art at Makerere University College in 1941. Later, funds were raised for a permanent home and the museum was moved to its current location on Kitante Hill in 1954. Currently, the museum is 111 years old.

The museum has a very visible signage that gives directions to important places such as the  cultural village, the wash rooms, entry and exit points, parking lots, the restaurant as well the emergency Exit, in case of an emergency. The staffs are very cordial; they welcome you with a very beautiful smile complimented with their beautiful attires. The tour guides are very courteous and knowledgeable. They speak English fluently and are very eager to answer any question(s) you (the tourists) might have.

The environment is child friendly, so yes, you can come with your kids and they too can get the opportunity to learn about the history, culture and lifestyle of Uganda as well as that of neighboring countries. So, for art lovers, Picture lovers, nature lovers, African history and archaeology enthusiast, Uganda National Museum is the place to be. Trust me you’d Love every second  you spend and cherish every picture you take!!!

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This the biggest museum in Uganda and the oldest in East Africa. It started in 1908 at Lugard's fort on old Kampala Hill, moved to Makerere and then to Old Kira road Kitante Hill where it is now located. It has sections like Ugandan culture, Music, archelogy, fossils aged about 20 million years ago, the oldest transportation means in Uganda (Cart and Ford), First telephone, the oil sector and independence pavilion, Minerals in Uganda like salt and others.

There’s also a gift center at the museum where you can purchase different Ugandan souvenirs. Throughout the year the museum usually receives a high number of visitors, including foreign tourists, usually during the December Christmas festive season.

Also discover the distinct species of mammals like Long- horned buffalo and the Indian Elephant outside the Museum is the Living museum (Cultural village) that exhibits the ways of lives of Ugandans as it represents the whole of Uganda.

There’s plenty to interest you here with a varied and well-captioned ethnographic collection covering clothing, hunting, agriculture, medicine, religion and recreation, as well as archaeological and natural-history displays. Highlights include traditional musical instruments, some of which you can play, and the fossil remains of a Napak rhino, a species that became extinct eight million years ago. Head outside to wander through the traditional thatched homes of the various tribes of Uganda; plus get a look at Idi...

The Uganda Museum is located in Kampala, Uganda. It displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda's cultural heritage. It was founded in 1908, after Governor George Wilson called for "all articles of interest" on Uganda to be procured.  Among the collections in the Uganda Museum are playable musical instruments, hunting equipment, weaponry, archaeology and entomology.

Uganda MuseumThe Uganda Museum is the oldest museum in East Africa iit was officially established by the British protectorate government in 1908 with ethnographic material. Its history goes back to 1902 when deputy Governor George Wilson called for collection of objects of interest throughout the country to set up a museum. The museum started in a small Sikh temple at Fort Lugard on Old Kampala Hill. Between the 1920s and 1940s, archaeology and paleontological surveys and excavations were conducted by Church Hill, E. J. Wayland, Bishop J. Wilson, P. L. Shinnie, E. Lanning, and several others, who collected a significant number of artifacts to boost the museum. The museum at Fort Lugard become too small to hold the specimens, and the museum was moved to the Margret Trowel School of Fine Art at Makerere University College in 1941. Later, funds were raised for a permanent home and the museum was moved to its current location on Kitante Hill in 1954. In 2008, the museum turned...