Niger museum serves as eclectic national 'mirror' offering art, dinosaurs, zoo


By AGENCY

A giant crocodile skeleton exhibited at the National Museum of Niger (MNN) or Boubou Hama Museum, which is also a zoo, in Niamey, Niger. Photo: AFP

There can be few museums in the world to rival the National Museum of Niger.

It has displays covering art, history, dinosaurs, nuclear energy, craftwork and music as well as live animals, for it is also a zoo.

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