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14-629: The National Museum, Benin City was opened to the public in 1973. It is managed by the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria responsible for the preservation, promotion and development of Nigeria's cultural heritage. The Benin City National Museum is situated at a place called Ring road which used to be called King’s Square by

28-512: A virtual tour of the museum was added using an adapted version of Google Street View along with other tourist sites in Nigeria. 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

42-400: Is Olugbile Holloway Abuja (Headquarters) PMB, 171, Garki – Abuja National Museum, Lagos The Nigerian National Museum is a national museum of Nigeria , located in the city of Lagos . The museum has a notable collection of Nigerian art , including pieces of statuary, carvings, and archaeological and ethnographic exhibits. Of note is a terracotta human head known as

56-746: The Igbo culture . Additionally, the museum also contains a collection of masks including Ekpo masks from Calabar and Gẹlẹdẹ wooden masks . 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, Nosa Iyobhabha, Duke Asidere, Ben Enwonwu , Nathaniel Hodonu, Northcote W. Thomas, Kelani Abass and Elizabeth Ekpetorson. In 2012,

70-518: The Jemaa Head (c. 900 to 200 BC), part of the Nok culture . The piece is named after Jema'a , the village where it was discovered. The museum is located at Onikan, Lagos Island, Lagos State. The museum is administered by the National Commission for Museums and Monuments . In July 1948, the first architectural sketches of the museum were submitted to a conference on museum policy in Nigeria. The museum

84-419: The Nok culture . The museum also contains photographs of the different presidents of the states of Nigeria. In the textile section, there is a collection of batik fabrics . The museum also has Ere figurines., photographs on the colonization of Nigeria and exhibits related to the culture of Ifẹ , an ancient Yoruba city. The museum contains a variety of sculptures. Among these are the grave sculptures of

98-481: 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

112-1003: The National Commission for Museums and Monuments as a replacement for both the Federal Department of Antiquities of Nigeria and the Antiquities Commission. The decree has since been substituted in 1990 for the NCMM ACT, CAP 242 of the law of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1990. The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) has its headquarters in Abuja , and the commission manages 52 National Museum outlets, 10 libraries, 1 academic institution, 1 zoological garden and 65 Monuments which include historical and architectural landmarks as well as tangible and intangible cultural heritage materials that indicates early civilization on Nigeria. These Fifty (52) National Museum outlets spread across

126-590: 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. The museum also contains divination bowls and ancestral figures made of wood, including Mumuye figures, which are used by communities in Adamawa State as well as Ikengas wooden figures , which are part of

140-1639: The country, and includes National Museum of Colonial history Aba , National Museum Abakaliki , National Museum Abeokuta , National Museum Akure , National Museum Asaba , National Museum Bauchi , National Museum Benin , National Museum Birnin Kudu , National Museum Calabar , Slave History Museum Calabar , National Museum Damaturu , Museum of National Unity Enugu , National Museum Esie , National Museum Gombe , National Museum Hong , Museum of National Unity Ibadan , National Museum Oko-Surulere , National Museum Igbo-Ukwu , National Museum Ile-Ife , National Museum Ilorin , National Museum Jos , National Museum Kanta , National Museum Kaduna , Gidan Makama National Museum Kano , National Museum Katsina , National Museum Koko , National Museum Lafia , National Museum Lagos , National Museum Lokoja , National Museum Maiduguri , National Museum Makurdi , National Museum Minna , National Museum Nok , National Museum Ogbomosho , National Museum Oron , National Museum Osogbo , National Museum Owerri , National Museum Owo , National Museum Oyo , National Museum Port-Harcourt , National Museum Sokoto , Interpretation Center Sukur , National Museum War Umuahia , National Museum Uyo , National Museum Yenagoa and National Museum Yola . The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) also oversee two UNESCO World Heritage Sites namely Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove in Osun state. The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM)

154-588: The museum presented an exhibition featuring artwork by artist Ndidi Dike . In November 2019, the museum organized an exhibition with art pieces by German-Nigerian artist Ngozi Schommers. The museum contains ancient crowns, Royal regalias , artifacts belonging to the Kingdom of Benin , cultural objects belonging to the Ibibio people , Igbo-Ukwu bronze artifacts, stone monoliths of the Oron culture and terracottas belonging to

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168-411: The people of Benin, but it was changed to Oba Ovonramwen Square by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole during his tenure as a governor of the state. This article about a museum in Nigeria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National Commission for Museums and Monuments The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) , also referred to as National Museum of Nigeria

182-571: Was Founded in 1979 by the Federal Government of Nigeria with decree 77 of 1979 to be in charge of the collection, documentation, conservation and presentation of the National Cultural properties to the public for the purposes of Education, Enlightenment and Entertainment. The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) was promulgated and replaced the National Activities Commissions in its activities. This decree recognized

196-628: Was founded in 1957 by the English archaeologist Kenneth Murray . The main purpose of constructing this museum was to preserve different historical artifacts of Nigeria. Kenneth Murray had collected several traditional masks from Cross River State , these masks were displayed in the museum. During the first decade of the museum's existence, the British Museum gave the Nigerian National Museum two plaques and other artifacts. In 2018,

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