[3] A masonry box built in 1896 by Aimé Olivier de Sanderval is found to the right of the entrance.

In parallel, a policy to encourage traditional folklore led to foundation of the museum, Les Ballets Africains and Radio Télévision Guinéenne.

[5] The museum was used as a meeting place in 2014 for the steering committee organizing the festivities in Mamou for the 56th anniversary of independence.

[3] Beside this room there is an artisan gallery where various items were exhibited for sale such as fabrics, traditional costumes, wooden statues and embossed Tuareg leather.

[5] There are statues of Sanderval, of the Governor Noël Ballay by the sculptor H. Allourd, of Doctor Victor Le Moal (1876–1908), and of Monseigneur Raymond René Lérouge (1876–1949) surrounded by musicians and a fisherman with his wife and children.

[2] The cafeteria is in a hut wearing a giant colonial helmet, apparently an empty tribute to the French colonialists.