Nyeri Museum

The Nyeri Museum which was built in 1924 is located in Nyeri.  It is housed in a National monument which was once used as aNative law court It started functioning in 1925 and its main objective was to deal with customary law cases previously dealt with by clan elders in the villages.

As these cases increased, one courtroom could not handle the volume and thus another hall was built.  This means cases were divided among the two courts with court one dealing with civil cases like pregnancy and debtor cases and the other court two dealing with criminal cases like theft and murder.

The first law court is unique in the sense that the seats are inbuilt and concrete with those on which the judges used to sit on being slightly raised thereby giving the occupants a sense of authority.

Nyeri Museum is under the management of National museums of Kenya