National Museum, Calabar Travel Guide: Top Sights in Nigeria, Tours &

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National Museum, Calabar- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Nigeria; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 2 hours

The National Museum in Calabar, housed in the former Government House built in 1884, occupies a pre-fabricated structure originally manufactured in Britain and assembled in old Calabar for British colonial officials. Now known as the Old Residency Museum, it holds one of Nigeria's most significant collections related to the history of Calabar, the Cross River region, and the transatlantic slave trade. Managed by the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, the building was declared a national monument in 1959 and underwent restoration in 1986.

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Reviews of National Museum, Calabar

Olabode Jegede

3
Reviewed: 2025-01-02

The National Museum, Calabar is an a place of great historical significance so the nation of Nigeria. The building is the typical colonial building with deep eaves and pristine architecture. It is a place to visit. The building was prefabricated in Britain in the year1884 and assembled in Calabar as the old Colonial Residency
Lengdung Tungchamma

5
Reviewed: 2022-04-09

This is a Musuem located at exactly the very spot where lies an old structure. The museum is currently the hot spot for many old artifacts. If you're interested in history, then this is surely the place to be. You gotta visit if you're interested in history and want to know very much about old history. Calabar Musuem is a must visit place.
Lade Ibikunle

3
Reviewed: 2021-12-27

This old and run down building holds so much undiscovered history, and artifacts. Guides are available to walk you through the dark details of every artefact, slave trade in Nigeria and the history of Calabar in general.
Liesel81

4
Reviewed: 2020-03-27

Totally worth a visit I love the fact that its in one of the colonial building and as such the building is a monument itself. The location as provides a very nice view of the river. Our entrance fee included a guide. The museum has 6 different galleries addressing colonial, old Calabar, palm oil product, road to independence. Its definitely worth visit
Chubby Eze

4
Reviewed: 2018-12-31

Great place to go. The guide is really friendly. They do have quite a number of relics to view. Most items are related to Slave trade but there still are a couple of other things to see. The very building housing the museum is a relic itself that is worth seeing. They don't allow photography inside the museum so I am sorry I don't have good pictures to help but it's a good place to visit.