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Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Sukur Cultural Landscape: Adamawa. Cultural (iii) (v) (vi) 1999 The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its ...
Gidan Makama Museum Kano or Kano Museum is a museum in Kano, Nigeria.This building served as temporary palace of Sarakunan Hausa (Kings of Hausa) of Kano before the current palace Gidan Rumfa was constructed in the 15th century [1] The museum has a significant collections of arts, crafts and items of historic interest related to the Kano area. [2]
Historical museum Signpost at the Badagry Heritage Museum Freedom Statue at Badagry Heritage Museum Badagry Heritage Museum is a museum in Badagry , Nigeria that is housed in the District Officer's Office built in 1863 by the British colonial government.
Before cameras, history was told through words, paintings, and fading memories. But with their invention, we gained something remarkable—the ability to capture moments exactly as they were. Now ...
The Idanre Hill, or Oke Idanre is located in Idanre town in Ondo State of southwestern Nigeria. [1]The Idanre hill is well-known for its landscape. [2] [3] Its wide variety on cultural sites as 'Owa's Palace', shrines, The Old Court, Belfry, Agbooogun footprint, thunder water (Omi Apaara) and burial grounds have since brought the location fame and the nation's nomination for the UNESCO World ...
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.
The museum was created to store cultural artifacts from Nigeria. The museum was inaugurated in 2002 under the supervision of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments . [ 2 ] In 2014, Monument Day was organized at the museum with a focus on the condition of monuments in Nigeria. [ 3 ]
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. [1] Of note is a terracotta human head known as the Jemaa Head (c. 900 to 200 BC), part of the Nok culture.