JAEKEL HOUSE MUSEUM

The Jaekel House Museum invites you on a journey through Nigeria in the 1880s and 1920s and the great adventure of rail under British colonization. The museum, with its many period railway parts and the restoration of the colonial house that welcomed it, was built by the goldsmith of the Legacy 1995 association, committed to the conservation of Nigerian heritage and the environment

The two-storey colonial house, all wooden and colonnaded in coffee-cream colours, was built in 1898 and served as the residence of the Director General of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), No. 2 in the British government-run state. Indeed, the railway system was the economic backbone of the English colonial trade

We go through the dependence of the current NRC on the way to the museum, which is still in operation today and is located in colonial green and white buildings along the railway lines. In the garden are installed wagon, pump trolley and period rail section. Although the house has undergone extensive restoration work, it still retains its architecture typical of period colonial houses (especially on the ^first floor) and its staircase made of Brazilian pine wood

On the ^1st floor and outside are exposed in bulk old period mechanical tools (drilling, press) struck with British weapons, miniature replicas of trains and many objects and photos related to civilian, political and military life of the time

Today, the house's lobby and garden host various private events (weddings, conferences, professional seminars, art exhibitions...) and inspire many contemporary artists (shooting of the film October 1 by director Kunle Afolayan, music video of singer Teni...). The museum is named after Francis Jaekel, author of 3 volumes on Nigerian railway history.