National Museum of Music (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

BIO

Located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, National Museum of Music is located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.) It is housed in a two-story building on Oubritenga Avenue on the south side of the Phillipe Zinda Kabore School. It houses one-of-a-kind instruments from all families of instruments, ranging from 5 to 200 years in age.
The first collection, put together between September 1998 and March 1999 is constantly growing. Instruments from all families are represented including aerophones, membranophones, idiophones and chordophones. Each object is the only one of its kind and varies from 5 to 200 years in age.

The museum has collected musical instruments from different ethnic groups in the country since 1993. Inside the museum are sheltered instruments which are accompanied by photos taken during their collection and illustrating them in social cultural contexts. A guided tour is offered to visitors who want to understand the beliefs, legendary, fear and origins associated with the history of these instruments.

The building that once housed the Association for the Development of African Architecture and Urban Planning (ADAUA) was renovated to accommodate the museum. The building is in Sudanese Sahelian style with dome-shaped roofs. The museum is in the center of the city and is easily accessible to the general public.

The museum is currently closed for extensive renovations, which began in 2009 and have no designated date for completion. Before renovations began, the museum was open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00am to 12:30pm and from 15:00 to 17:30.