Museums and history in Kenya

Museums and history in Nairobi

Kazuri Beads Factory

A free guided tour of a working ceramic bead factory in Karen that employs hundreds of single mothers ? watch beads go…

• 5 years and up
• Indoor
• Better for older kids

Free entry

Museums and history in Nairobi

Karen Blixen Museum

Step inside the real Out of Africa farmhouse at the foot of the Ngong Hills ? guided tours, original rooms, lovely gard…

• 5 years and up
• Indoor and outdoor
• Better for older kids

Entry from KES 300

Museums and history in Nairobi

Nairobi Railway Museum

A railway museum on Station Road beside Nairobi Railway Station with vintage steam locomotives, royal carriages, a mini…

• All ages
• Outdoor
• Some toddler activities

Entry from KES 200

Museums and history in Nairobi

UNSEEN Nairobi – Mini Mornings

A toddler-friendly cinema experience at UNSEEN Nairobi rooftop in Kilimani. Every Sunday at 10 am. Short films with sof…

• 2 years and above
• Outdoor
• Great for toddlers

Entry from KES 650

Museums and history in Nairobi

Nairobi National Museum

Nairobi's main museum, on Museum Hill. Kenyan adults pay KES 350 and children KES 200. Open daily 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. P…

• All ages
• Indoor

Entry from KES 350

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 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 Mombasa

Fort Jesus Museum

Mombasa's 1593 Portuguese fort and UNESCO World Heritage Site ? ramparts, cannons, coastal-history museum and harbour v…

• 5 years and up
• Indoor and outdoor
• Better for older kids

Entry from KES 300

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 Kitengela

Kitengela Hot Glass

Working glass-blowing studio near Ongata Rongai where families watch artisans recycle glass into art; demonstrations an…

• Older children (6+); hot studio environment

Entry from KES 300

Museums and history in Kiambu

Kiambethu Tea Farm

Historic tea farm in Limuru offering a guided tea tour, forest walk and three-course lunch by advance booking only.

• All ages; children under 12 half price
• Outdoor

Entry from KES 4,700