Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Gambia National Museum

    • Postal Address:

      P.M.B. 151
      Banjul
      Gambia

    • Location:

      Independence Drive

    • Telephone:

      220-226244

    • Facsimile:

      220-227461

    • E-mail:

      musmon@qanet.gm; korrfay@hotmail.com

    • Director:

      Hassoum Ceesay

    • Year founded:

      1985

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Government records
      Music
      Newspapers
      Oral histories
      Photographs
      Sound recordings

    • Size:

      Museum Collection: Over 2000 Objects RDD Collection: About 5000 Tapes

    • Holdings:

      The National Museum collection is mainly artifacts, maps, and photographs relating to the ethnography, history and political development of the Gambia. Under the same umbrella of the National Council for Arts and Culture is a Research and Documentation Division which has over 5000 tapes relating to the oral history, music, and folklore of the country.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      Wolof, Mandinka, Fula, Jola, Sarahuli, Serer

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Visitors pay fees to visit the Museum<br> D:25.00 for Non-Gambians<br> D2.00 for Gambians<br> D 0.50 for School Children<br> Free entry for educational groups

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Inventories

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications:

    • 'Fanals' of the Gambia,1989, brochure. brochure, 1989
    • Historic Sites of the Gambia. Banjul: 1998.
    • National Museum Bullletin. Revised 1997
    • Sona Mariama- Folk Tales of the Gambia. Banjul: 1992.