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Kigulu Chiefdom Museum, in Iganga.

23 Feb 2024
In 2023, the Kigulu Chiefdom Museum moved from strengthen to strengthen. The museum completed and disseminated a research report on the cultural resources within its vicinity. The purpose of the research report is to create awareness among the Basoga, especially the youth about the cultural resources, including the cultural identity...
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Roof swept off by heavy wind

23 Apr 2021
As the country continues to experience heavy rainfall, it leaves devastating effects on communities and their properties. Bunyoro community historical community Museum, a member of the Uganda Community Museums Association is a victim of the recent rains. The roof of the museum was swept off by the heavy wind destroying...
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Ateker Cultural Museum in Moroto joins UCOMA

23 Feb 2024
Ateker Cultural Museum is located in Moroto and seeks to preserve the Ateker Culture by way of collecting, preserving & conserving and exhibiting the tangible and intangible heritage of the Ateker peoples. The museum further seeks to increase access to academic learning/study sites for students in North and Northeast Uganda...
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Koogere Foundation Museum acquires a new home

23 Feb 2024
The museum’s home is located next to the Kabarole District Local Headquarters just before Fort Portal City off Kampala Road. It is stocked with artifacts and literature about Tooro’s past and present for educative purposes and leisure (tourism). It targets students of all levels local and foreign, families, and tourists,...
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Uganda Martyrs University Museum, Nkozi

23 Feb 2024
Houses under the Centre for African Studies at Uganda Martyrs University (CAS@UMU) at the Uganda Martyrs University, the museum collects and showcases indigenous cultural artefacts and sculptures from Uganda and elsewhere in Africa’s Great Lakes region. It is one of the few anthropological museums in Uganda, whose sources of provenance...
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Cultural Research Centre Museum, Diocese of Jinja

23 Feb 2024
Located in the heart of Jinja City, the Cultural Research Centre Museum was established in 2008 to research, collect, document, preserve and display both the tangible and intangible cultural resources of the Basoga, found in the eastern part of Uganda. Several artefacts have been collected from different parts of Busoga,...
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launching a catalogue.

23 Apr 2021
Kooki Cultural Museum launches a catalogue. Located next to the headquarters of Rakai District and within the Kamuswaga gardens, the museum showcases and preserves the cultural heritage of the people of Kooki and the regalia of Kamuswaga, the traditional head of Kooki Chiefdom. The Kooki Cultural Museum which was officially...
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Community Museums in Uganda – Map

Community Museums

Madi Community Museum
Ker Panyimur Kwonga Chiefdom Museum
Museum of Acholi Art and Culture
Mt. Elgon History and Cultural Museum
Kigulu Cultural Museum
Ham Mukasa Museum
Cultural Research Centre Museum
The Charles Nyonyintono Kikonyogo Money Museum
Kabaka Mutebi's Collection
The Centre for African Christian Studies (CACISA) Museum
Rubaga Catholic Museum
St. Luke Community Museum
Uganda Martyrs University Museum
Buddu Cultural Museum
Kooki Cultural Museum
Igongo Cultural Centre and Museum
Kwanzi Museum
The Batwa Cultural Experience, a Living Museum Trail
Bukangama Community Museum
Obudhingiya Bwa Baamba Cultural Information Centre
Koogere Foundation Museum
Nyamyaro Museum - Bunyoro Kingdom
Bunyoro Community Historical Museum Associates
Uganda Rural Development and Training Programme – Cultural Assets Centre
Bugungu Heritage and Cultural Information Centre
Ankore Cultural Drama Actors’ Mobile Museum
Ik House of Memory