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The Uganda Museum is a museum in Kampala, Uganda, which displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda's cultural heritage. The museum was founded in 1908 after George Wilson called for "all articles of interest" on Uganda to be procured.

Also among the collections in the Uganda Museum are playable musical instruments, hunting equipment, weaponry, archaeology and entomology.

The Uganda museum is currently under the threat of demolition as the Uganda Government is planning to build in its place an "East African Trade Centre". Four civil society organisations vis - the Historic Resources Conservation Initiatives (HRCI), Cross Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU), Historical Buildings Conservation Trust (HBCT) and Jenga Afrika have taken the government of the Republic of Uganda to court to stop the government's plans.

Gallery
The museum has a number sections in its gallery, that is ethnographic gallery, natural history gallery, traditional music gallery, science and industry gallery and the early history gallery

Music gallery
The music gallery displays a comprehensive collection of musical instruments from all parts of Uganda.The instruments are arranged according to the major groups of music instruments namely :-drums, percussion, wind and string instruments

Education service
apart from the permanent exhibits in the galleries, the Uganda museum offers educational service in form of Demonstration lessons, Outreach programs, Workshops and complimentary services.

Demonstration Lessons
using the available specimens, the museum arranges a variety of topical lessons related to the school curriculum. conducted tours, organized large number of schools are showed around the museum as well as giving introductory lectures with slides, films with other aids

Outreach programs
the museum staff from the education section goes out into the more remote areas of the country to teach in the villages whose schools are not able to have a chance to reach the museums. some objects are loaned out to schools to be used as visual aid