[1] The construction cost of $21 million USD was funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

The building was built after a construction period of 33 months in cooperation between experts from the Congo and South Korea under modern aspects (locally available construction materials, use of solar energy, natural air circulation with only partial use of air conditioning, etc.)

and represents the largest South Korean cultural policy investment in Central Africa to date.

Unlike in the past, when the director and scientific cooperation had been provided for decades by Belgian scientists from the Africa Museum in Brussels, Congolese experts have now been trained in South Korea.

[4] The museum was opened to the public on 23 November 2019 by the President of the DR Congo, Félix Tshisekedi.