Curators at the Illinois State Museum say they don’t know exactly how 38 wooden sculptures made their way from Kenya to Springfield. But the leading theory is that the move wasn’t aboveboard. “We ...

KENYA’S FIRST PRIVATE MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE MAASAI PEOPLE AND THEIR CUSTOMS Visitors to Kenya often seek additional information about the country’s history and cultures but apart from the National ...

There are no museum objects on view at a major museum exhibition in Nairobi, only empty display cases. This poignant absence that pervades “Invisible Inventories,” which opens at the Nairobi National ...

Kenya’s first-ever maritime museum is expected to be operational by the end of the year. The museum, a joint project of the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) and the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), will ...

Records pertaining to some of the most important examples of our earliest human and pre-human ancestors will be hosted on Amazon and accessible to all through a ‘virtual museum’. The East African ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Museum has returned 37 wooden memorial statues, known as vigango, to the National Museums of Kenya for repatriation to Mijikenda communities. These statues are ...

A collection of gourds representing all tribes in Kenya at the Nairobi National Museum. [Esther Jeruto, Standard] At the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi sits a spectacular centerpiece forming the ...

Even after museums decide to return stolen artifacts to their countries of origin, tariffs and red tape can prolong the process. By Rebecca Carballo Throughout the 1980s, vigango, sacred wooden ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State ...

But Leakey’s tenure has not been without controversy. This past winter, amidst an uproar over public comments he made criticizing the African nation’s government for its lack of effectiveness in ...