Narok Museum

Narok Museum is located in Narok town in Narok County.  It features exhibitions of pictures and artifacts that preserve the beauty and strength of the rich traditional culture of the Maasai and other speakers of the Maa language.

The Maa speakers in Kenya comprise the Maasai (Narok and Kajiado district), Samburu (Samburu, Laikipia district), Njemps (Baringo district) and groups of Ndorobo neighboring the Maasai.  The Maasai are believed to have originated from North Africa and entered Kenya near L. Turkana spreading south through the Rift Valley which provided extensive grazing grounds for their cattle. Today they occupy parts of Kenya and Tanzania.  The Maasai are noble, aristocratic people with an impressive physical appearance and well adapted to the harsh environmental conditions of tropical savannah.

The Maasai live in a cycle constituted by a chain of ceremonies that involve the community as a whole. After childhood (inkera), initiation into adulthood (emorata) and adulthood. Girls marry and boys become warriors (ilmoran). Elders look forward to an age of responsibility and continuous involvement.

Narok Museum is run under the management of National museums of Kenya