Museums and history in Dixcove
Fort Metal Cross Dixcove
A clifftop 17th-century fort above the fishing harbour at Dixcove, built by the British and now a historic monument ove…
- All ages
- Outdoor
Museums and history in Africa
Family-friendly museums and history across 10 countries — in Kenya, Zambia and Ghana. 122 places, updated November 2026.
All 122 museums and history
Museums and history in Beyin
Nzulezu Stilt Village
A 500-year-old village built on stilts over Lake Tadane in the Amansuri wetlands, reached by dugout canoe through reeds…
- All ages
- Outdoor
Museums and history in Elmina
Elmina Java Museum
A small museum off the Accra–Takoradi highway telling the story of Elmina, Java Hill and the Belanda Hitam — the Africa…
- All ages
- Indoor
Entry from GHS 40
Museums and history in Elmina
Elmina Castle (St George's Castle)
The oldest European building in sub-Saharan Africa, built by the Portuguese in 1482, with guided tours of the slave dun…
- All ages (content is intense for young children)
- Both
Entry from GHS 40
Museums and history in Cape Coast
Cape Coast Castle
UNESCO-listed 17th-century slave castle on the Cape Coast waterfront, with guided tours of the dungeons, the Door of No…
- All ages (under 7 may find the content intense)
- Both
Entry from GHS 50
Museums and history in Kampala
Uganda Museum Children's Resource Centre
A children's resource centre inside the Uganda National Museum on Kira Road, with free reading space, hands-on crafts a…
- 5-14 years
- Indoor
Entry from UGX 5,000
Museums and history in Nairobi
Micro-Folie Digital Museum
Screen-based digital museum inside the Alliance Française Nairobi multimedia library, showing high-resolution works fro…
- All ages
- Indoor
Museums and history in Nairobi
NMK Kids Zone
Children's learning space at the Nairobi National Museum on Museum Hill, presenting fossils, cultural objects and natur…
- All ages
- Indoor
Museums and history in Mombasa
Fort Jesus
UNESCO-listed Portuguese fort begun in 1593 on Mombasa Island, now a museum with ramparts, cannons, galleries and harbo…
- All ages
Entry from KES 5,502,026
Museums and history in Naivasha
Elsamere Conservation Centre
Lakeside former home of Born Free author Joy Adamson, with a small museum, afternoon tea at 3pm, colobus monkeys and ga…
- All ages
Museums and history in Meru
Meru Museum
Regional museum in a 1916 colonial building in Meru town, with Ameru cultural exhibits, a snake park, crocodiles, a med…
- All ages
Entry from KES 200
Museums and history in Nakuru
Hyrax Hill Museum
Prehistoric site and small museum on a hill above Lake Nakuru, with burial sites, trails, lake views and picnic spots,…
- All ages
Entry from KES 100