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MALINDI MUSEUM T his three-storey waterfront building is located just few meters from Malindi jetty and the fish market. Its structure is a symbol of Swahili architecture and contains displays of a stuffed coelacanth ( bottom dwelling fish, now extinct), archaeological findings dug up around the coast, and a collection of rare vigango (wooden burial tortems).
The building, known as the house of columns, is a charming, double storey structure, with a tiled roof, located a few metres from the Malindi jetty and fish market. The building has served many functions in the past; it has acted as a Native Civil hospital until 1952 and then as the Malindi Fisheries Office until it was finally handed over to the National Museums of Kenya in 1999. In May 2004 the building opened its doors to the general public as Malindi Museum.
Attraction Type: Historic Sites, Culture Category: Historical Museum, Cultural Museum Region: Coast City / Town: Malindi Road / Street: Silversand Road Email: malindi@museums.or.ke Website:www.museums.or.ke Entrance Fee: Yes
The building has four entrances. Two on the east facade are reached through a colonnade of 5 rounded pillars. One entrance has an Indian Gujerati hand fitted to it, the other with a Swahili carved door. The third entrance is on the northern facade up a masonry stairway, it has a small trap door of Indian type serving both the ground and first floor
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