MUSEUM
A museum is typically a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education , enjoyment , the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment."
 
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Kabul Museum

Location:
Kabul
Country: Afghanistan
Brief Info : The museum was repeatedly hit by rockets during the 1991-96 civil war
Museum-City of Gjirokastra

Location:
Country: Albania
Brief Info: The historic town of Gjirokastra, in the Drinos river valley in southern Albania
Algerian museums

Location:
Country: Algeria
Brief Info: Located in former president's palace which was donated to the government by President Chadli ben Djedid in 1987.
The National Museum of Azerbaijan Literature

Location:
Country: Azerbaijan
Brief Info: The museum was organised according to decree of Azerbaijan SSR SNC on November 1, 1939.
National Museum of Bahrain

Location:
Country: Bahrain
Brief Info: A non-profit institution run by the Ministry for Culture, dedicated to the history and culture of Bahrain.
National Museum

Location: Dhaka
Country: Bangladesh
Brief Info: The Bangladesh National Museum was founded in 1913 but dates, in its present form, from 1983, since when it has been housed in a large, four-storey building in the middle of Dhaka.
British Museum Sold Benin Bronzes

Location:
Country: Benin
Brief Info: The bronze plaques were seized during the British "punitive expedition" against the Benin ruler in 1897
Brunei Museums

Location: Kota Batu about 5km from Bandar Seri Begawan.
Country: Brunei
Brief Info: The construction of the building commenced in 1968 and was completed in 1970. It was officially opened on February 29, 1972 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom.
The National Museum

Location: Ouagadougou
Country: Burkina Faso
Brief Info:The project for a National Museum of Burkina Faso is part of an ambitious cultural policy, whereby 29 hectares were acquired and enclosed in the middle of Ouagadougou.
The National Museum

Location: Yaounde
Country: Cameroon
Brief Info: Since 1972, the National Museum of Yaounde belongs to the Department of Cultural Conservation of the Cultural Affairs Head Office. This museum is the center of all public museums of Cameroon.
Egyptian Museum

Location: Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt.
Country: Egypt
Brief Info: This museum exhibits over 120000 objects, some of the important groups of these objects are : Artifacts from the tombs of kings and members of the royal families of the Middle Kingdom found at Dahshur in 1894.
Gambia National Museum

Location: P.M.B. 151 Banjul , Gambia
Country: Gambia
Brief Info: The National Museum collection is mainly artifacts, maps, and photographs relating to the ethnography, history and political development of the Gambia.
Hudson Museum

Location: Maine Center for the Arts on The University of Maine campus, Orono.
Country: Guinea
Brief Info: The Hudson Museum maintains a collection of over 8,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects including a world class assemblage of 2,828 Precolumbian ceramics, lithics and gold work dating from 2000 BC to the time of the Spanish Conquest.
The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology

Location:
Country: Gunaya
Brief Info: The Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, is housed in an elegant wooden building named in honor of an Englishman, who laid the foundation of our research into Amerindian Life and folklore.
Sonobudoyo Museum

Location:
Country: Indonesia
Brief Info: Sonobudoyo is the second most complete museum in Indonesia after the one in Jakarta. It has various collections of antique relics and other cultural and historical items which are well worth seeing.
 
 
     
 
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