Sierra Leone National Museum

Bored stones in the Sierra Leone National Museum.

Sierra Leone National Museum is the national museum of Sierra Leone.[1]

The museum is in Siaka Stevens Street, in central Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.[2]

The museum was originally opened in 1957, as the museum of the Sierra Leone Society until the mid-1960s.[3] The museum has a collection of "juju" objects and other historical artefacts, including the Temne guerrilla leader Bai Bureh's clothes, drum, and sword.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sierra Leone National Museum". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sierra Leone National Museum". Google+. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Leone National Museum". SierraLeoneHeritage.org. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sierra Leone National Museum". SafariNow.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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Coordinates: 8°29′12″N 13°14′09″W / 8.4867°N 13.2358°W / 8.4867; -13.2358

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