Many are easy to reach, while some will bring you to remote corners of the state. And perhaps the most exciting museum in Lagos yet \u2013 the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History \u2013 will open in the near future. The National Museum was established in 1957 to house objects collected from archaeological digs carried out across the regions that now make up Nigeria. As visitors stroll through the museum\u2019s breezy courtyard, they\u2019ll take in rare carved stone objects and monoliths, part of Nigeria\u2019s rich ancient rock-art heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this city of roughly 20 million, museumgoers can visit colonial-era institutions now managed by the government to contemporary art galleries funded by private individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":11380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16],"tags":[7,30,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-11383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-news","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-culture","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"\n