National Museum Lagos hosts 32,369 visitors in first half 2024

The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), Lagos branch, on Wednesday said it hosted no fewer than 32,369 visitors in the first half of the year.

Mr Oloruntosin Olanrewaju, Head of Department, Educational Services and Training at the museum, disclosed this to our reporter in Lagos.

Olanrewaju said this was an appreciable increase compared to 17, 442 visitors statistics generated within the same period in 2023.

According to him, the visitors cut across foreigners, children and adults of different age groups.

“We have been able to attract a good number of tourists into the museum in the first half of the year, we had 32,369 visitors. We hope to surpass this figure in the second half of the year.

“We have more of pupils and students coming from various schools to learn and complement what they have been taught in school. People also come for research purpose,” he said.

Olanrewaju urged Nigerians, especially Lagos residents to visit the museum saying it accommodates artefacts, antiquities, monoliths and other materials with huge cultural and historical significance.