The National Museum of Kenya was founded by the East Africa Natural History Society (E.A.N.H.S.)

in 1910; the society's main goal has always been to conduct an ongoing critical scientific examination of the natural attributes of the East African habitat.

Kenneth St. Aubyn Rogers; some government officials: C. W. Hobley and John Ainsworth, doctors, dentists, big-game hunters and plantation owners.

Unfortunately no workrooms or storage space had been provided and therefore the Natural History Society declined to move in.

[4] The relationship between the museum trustees and the society became problematic, and as a result the two organisations appointed a committee including Sir Charles Belcher, a Kenyan jurist, to stabilise it.

The committee turned everything over to the museum except for the library in exchange for annual payments for 15 years to the society.

He stepped in when Dr. van Someren resigned after the board (including Louis) refused to dismiss Peter Bally in a personality conflict.

The museum was a base for Leakey operations until 1961, when Louis founded the Centre for Prehistory and Paleontology on the grounds nearby and moved himself and his collections to it.

He and supporters formed the Kenya Museum Associates, which obtained an observer's seat for Richard on the board from Carcasson in exchange for a 5000-pound contribution.

On his return from Omo Richard gave his ideas for improvement directly to Joel, who asked the chairman, Sir Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, to place Richard in a senior position and begin replacing the board with Kenyans of Kenyan extraction, as there were only two out of 16 in that category.

This gallery contains artwork by Joy Adamson featuring various Kenyan communities in traditional attire.

On 15 October 2005 Nairobi Museum Galleries closed until December 2007 for an extensive rebuilding program.