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The
Benin
National
Museum
is
located
at
King’s
Square
in
the
center
of
the
Ring
Road,
making
it
quite
a
traffic
hazard
to
try
to
walk
to
the
museum
entrance.The
National
Museum
Benin
City
was
opened
in
1973.
Currently,
they
are
working
to
upgrade
the
building
and
redo
the
exhibits.
As
part
of
this
effort
NMAfA
is
planning
to
send
Alonge
exhibit
components
to
the
museum.NATIONAL
Museum
of
Benin
City
started
from
the
Oba
of
Benin
Palace
in
1940’s
but
the
edifice
we
see
today
was
officially
opened
to
the
public
on
August
10,
1973.
The
Museum
contains
priceless
objects
–
of
antiquities
from
Benin
Kingdom
and
other
parts
of
the
country.
The
first
known
Benin
Museum
started
in
the
Oba’s
Palace.
Benin
Traditional
art
was
becoming
famous
and
to
preserve
it,
the
Oba
decided
to
assemble
the
artifacts
under
the
custodian
of
Chief
Jacob
Eghareba
within
the
palace
in
the
Royal
House-
of
Iwebo.As
time
went
on,
people
developed
more
interest
in
these
treasures.
There
was
pressure
mounted
for
these
objects
to
be
made
public.
This
collection
was
relocated
to
one
room
in
the
old
tax
office
Ring
Road
in
Benin.
This
was
later
moved
to
the
Benin
Divisional
Council
because
of
space
and
through
the
efforts
of
one
Mr.
K.C
Murray-a
surveyor
of
antiquities
and
art
teacherIn.
1960,
the
Federal
Department
now
National
Commission
for
Museums
and
Monuments
took
over
the
custodian
of
the
artifacts.
The
National
Commission
for
museums
and
monuments
was
established
under
Decree
77
of
1979.
Since
then,
Museum
has
been
growing.
The
edifices
that
house
the
artifacts
today,
was
built
during
Samuel
Ogbemudia
regime
as
the
two
derma
Military
Government
of
Bendel
State.
This
house
with
the
exhibits
therein
was
officially
open
to
the
general
public
in
August
1973
with
the
ground
and
first
floor
galleries.
While
the
second
or
unit
gallery
-
was
opened
to
the
public
in
August
1996
through
the
efforts
of
Dr.
O.J
Eboreime
as
the
Curator
then.
Truly
ancient,
historical,
beautiful,
easily
accessible
&
a
must
for
all
visitors,
especially
first
time
visitors.
The
park
tells
the
ancient
story
of
the
ancient
city
of
Benin.
The
Chief
Custodian
of
the
Culture
and
Tradition
of
the
Binis..
HRM
Ómó
N'Óba
N'Èdo
Uku
Akpólókpóló
Óba
Éwuare
II
,
The
God-King
👑
#benincity
.
Seeing
some
cultural
artifacts
and
historical
pieces
a
a
must
here!
.
The
views
around
the
museum
interior
are
lovely.
Seeing
art
and
craft,hundreds
and
even
a
thousand
years
old
was
a
humbling
experience.
do
not
leave
benin
without
visiting.
the
place
could
use
some
face-lift
but
all
in
all,worth
it.
is
a
museum
maintained
by
a
state.
In
many
countries
it
denotes
a
museum
run
by
the
central
government,
and
often
is
restricted
to
a
few
museums,
mostly
in
the
capital,
while
other
museums
are
run
by
regional
or
local
government,
or
foundations.
In
other
countries
a
much
larger
number
of
museums
are
run
by
the
central
government,
some
quite
small.
Some
national
museums
use
the
term
in
their
name,
but
others
do
not;
some
museums
just
adopt
the
term
as
a
matter
of
branding.So
come
one
come
all
,to
the
great
Benin
kingdom
to
experience
the
treat.
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