National Museums of Kenya

The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) is a state corporation responsible for collecting, preserving, researching, and presenting Kenya's natural and cultural heritage, including antiquities, sites, and monuments. Consolidated under the National Museums and Heritage Act of 2006, the organization traces its lineage back to the Coryndon Museum and the East Africa Natural History Society founded in 1910.

Headquartered at the Nairobi National Museum, NMK manages a nationwide network of regional museums and heritage sites. Notable locations include Fort Jesus in Mombasa, the Karen Blixen Museum, the Lamu Museum, the Gede Ruins, and the Kisumu Museum, as well as archaeological and paleontological sites in the Turkana Basin.

The institution is internationally recognized for its work in biodiversity research, ethnography, archaeology, and paleontology, maintaining significant fossil collections. Innovations in these fields are relevant to NMK's mandate to research and preserve the nation's heritage.