Railway Wagon Train
Posted in Uncategorized on 04/22/2006 06:48 am by admin
Railway Wagon Train
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US $31.35
RAILWAY MUSEUM NAIROBI
RAILWAY MUSEUM NAIROBI
Kenya Railways represents the historical growth of this country and Nairobi Railway Museum narrates the tale of this country's evolvement; indeed it is the rail that developed Kenya to the country it is now!
The Nairobi Railway Museum was opened in 1971, and much of the credit for its foundation goes to its first Curator, Mr. Fred Jordan, who had been with the railways in East Africa as from 1927. Realising the speed at which changes were taking place on the railway system he saw the need to preserve as many links with the past as possible. He began to gather items which were to form the nucleus of the present day museum's fascinating and growing collection.
Nairobi Railway museum consists of four sections:-
* the Main Gallery (collection of smaller items);
* the museum Resource Center (library and photographic section);
* the auditorium; and
* an outdoor collection of locomotives, coaches and wagons.
The Nairobi Railway Museum provides answers to many unanswered questions concerning the early history of the rail and Kenya's development. Nairobi Railway museum consists of the Main Gallery, the Resource Center, the auditorium and an outdoor collection of locomotives, wagons and coaches.
The Lunatic Express was the name given to a railroad built by the British colonial government in East Africa during Victorian times. Officially called the Uganda Railway, it was constructed over the period 1895-1901 from Mombasa on the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria in the interior and later onward to Kampala in Uganda.
Its open all weekdays and weekends
Museum charges ( in kenya shillings)
(Request for the current exchange rate for your respective currency from your travel agent)
Non-Citizen 400 /-
Non-Citizen Student 200/-
Non Citizen Child 100/-
Citizen 100/-
Citizen Student 50/-
Citizen Child 20/-
NB: 1. Filming and documentary shooting allowed at the museum with prior
arrangements with the management at a fee.
2. Assorted souvenir's prices are displayed at the museum's gift shop
Other places you may visit to complement your day or excursion include the Karen Blixen Museum, Nairobi Safari Walk, Nairobi Animal Orphanage, Nairobi Giraffe Centre, The Kenyatta International Conference Center-KICC, The Nairobi Museum, The Bomas of Kenya among many other places.
You will not fail to get a place to put up for the night. Accommodation units are available both in the city centre and the suburbs. You may opt for the hotels, bed and breakfast units, aprtments, lodges, speciality lodges, guest houses or hostels.
About the Author
Alphaxad is Tours and Travel Consultant with LetsGokenya, an online hotel reservations company that allows guests to book and pay for hotels, lodges and camps in kenya, Uganda and Tanzania online and in real time. Find us on www.letsgokenya.com
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