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Reviews of Nairobi Railway Museum

• Fifis Dlo

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-07-16

  There's an unexpected cafe at the museum with the most affordable prices. Delicious Chai is like 60ks and their samosas are amazing. Great place to spend with friends or family. Took awesome pictures. Tip: Tickets need to be bought through e-citizen website. There is a lady there that can help.

• SAAHIL KUMAR

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-06-21

  This place gives an amazing insight into the history of the Kenyan railway system and the collaboration of the Indians and Kenyans. Don’t miss the man eater lion pictures inside.

• Finlay Porter

  4

  Reviewed: 2024-03-03

  Awesome place to go and check out all the engines. The exhibition itself and information on the history is very basic and limited, but some interesting photos and documents. Once you get outside though, they let you climb around on all the engines and have free rein to explore so it's great fun and really worth a quick visit for an hour or two.

• susan amran

  3

  Reviewed: 2024-02-18

  First time visiting this museum. I entered through the TUK side and the walk to the museum was a really nice one. There are nicely lined trees and a well maintained walk way with graffiti walls. I was informed that the work was done by the artists that used to be in the small independent art workshop in the museum. They are not related though. I do not know anything about trains nor am I particularly interested in them but I still wanted to visit. Payments are made through e-citizen. There are three rooms with various models of trains, ships, old technology and the history of the railway. I thought it strange that both the current SGR and the old railway both faced interesting obstacles. One was man eating lions and the other was strange weather phenomenon( rumours... But very ear catching rumours either way🤔). There was also a very old calculating device that looked like a lot of work and I would be quite interested to know how it works. Some of the things on display were quite interesting and I had a few ohhh... moments. The last place is outside where the trains are. Unless you have a guide or have a very keen interest in trains, you will just be looking at old trains. I felt that more could be done here. Some trains are quite worn out on the inside as well. Since I don't know anything about trains nor am I particularly interested in trains, I cannot say much about this section. There is an art gallery as you enter the train section. They display art by various artists and they do have a sip and paint. If art is your thing, you can check them out.

• Edwin Muraya

  5

  Reviewed: 2024-02-03

  This museum is tucked away behind Rubis petrol station off Uhuru Highway & Haile Selassie Avenue. It's reasonably priced and has a lot of unknown historical knowledge about the creation of the East African railway. We had a very knowledgeable & friendly guide called Michael who explained how the railway idea began all the way through to the present time. There were plenty of pictures, articles, models, old & new artefacts to see & any questions regarding the process & progress of the creation of the railway were answered. The actual locomotives & carriages once used in service & even movies are on display in the yard. There is also an art gallery on site.