Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      National Museum, Uyo

    • Postal Address:

      P.M.B. 1109
      Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
      Nigeria

    • Location:

      Barracks Road

    • Telephone:

      234-85-203077

    • E-mail:

      uyomuseum@skannet.com

    • Director:

      Mrs. Violeta I. Ekpo (Curator)

    • Year founded:

      1989

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Government records
      Newspapers
      Photographs

    • Size:

      1004 artefacts, 2000 publications and archival materials, 1800 photographs (negatives and prints)

    • Holdings:

      Materials on the history and culture of Akwa Ibom State, materials on state creation, some colonial items and records and other Nigerian (Yoruba) artefacts

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      Ibibio, Annang, Oron (Akwa Ibom) and few Yoruba (Nigeria)

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      A month advance notice; Filling Researcher's Form and Access Register; Minimal Charges: exhibition entrance (N20), use of library/archives (N50)

    • Access restrictions:

      Director General's (NCMM) approval for antiquities collections; Curator's approval for other holdings

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Inventories

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: