NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ERITREA EXHIBITION SECTIONS

The National Museum has different sections, including the paleontological, archaeological, art gallery, natural history, medieval history, ethnography, and the documentary and archives sections.
Sections of National Museum of Eritrea
Archaeological Sections: houses enormous and rich materials, rock arts, Sabean inscriptions and other artifacts collected through excavation which date back to the second millennium B.C.
Art Gallery: here visitors can find paintings, including a large selection of art by fighters in the struggle for Eritrean independence.
Natural History Sections: fossils of reptiles, birds, ostriches, and other mammals are housed in this section. Most of these mammals are now extinct.
Medieval History Section: introduction of the civilizations of Christian and Islamic faiths. Moreover, stone inscriptions (in Arab Language); Spanish copies and other related medieval collections are found in these sections.
Ethnography Sections: here are found handicrafts of the nine Eritrean ethnic groups, such as traditional games, traditional shoes and clothes, and other material cultures exhibited on sort of open storage system.
Documentary and Archives Section: this is where all cataloguing and documentation of the collected materials of the museum takes place.


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