Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Fort Jesus Museum

    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box 82412
      Mombasa
      Kenya

    • Location:

      Nkrumah Road

    • Telephone:

      254-11-312839; 225934

    • Facsimile:

      254-11-227297

    • E-mail:

      fortjmsa@swiftmombasa.com

    • Director:

      Mr. Ali Mohamed Abubakar, Chief Curator

    • Year founded:

      1958

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

      Artifacts
      Manuscripts
      Personal papers

    • Size:

      Mombasa Wreck Collection, 7,000; Archaeological Findings (sherd and pottery pieces) over 2,000,000; ethnographic collections, bones

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      English

  • Access Conditions

    • Finding tools:

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications:

    • Hamo Sasson. Blue and White Porcelain.
    • Hamo Sasson. Chinese Porcelain.
    • Shuzo Yanase, Lorna Abunga. Coastal Sites and Monuments. Pictorial booklet
    • James Kirkman. Fort Jesus Guide Book. English
    • James Kirkman. Fort Jesus: a Portuguese Fortress.
    • James Kirkman. Gedi Guide. English
    • James Kirkman. Jumba Guide. English
    • Friends of Fort Jesus. Old Town Mombasa.