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Yaoundé National Museum & Cameroon's Cultural Heritage

The National Museum in the former presidential palace houses Cameroon's finest collection of traditional art — royal thrones, ritual masks, and regalia from 200 distinct ethnic groups

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Former Presidential Palace Halls
The grand colonial-era palace that housed Cameroon's first presidents is now the national museum – the ceremonial halls retain their original grandeur and scale
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Grassfield Kingdom Regalia
The royal courts of Cameroon's western grasslands produced extraordinary art - bronze leopard stools, pearl cane thrones and elaborate royal dresses on display
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Bamiléké Mask Collection
The Bamiléké elephant masks – worn at royal ceremonies by members of the Kwifo society – are among the most spectacular objects of African art
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Fang and Beti cultural objects
The exhibition on the forest peoples of southern Cameroon documents the Fang, Beti and Bulu cultures - their houses, tools and ritual objects are displayed in context
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Pre-Colonial History of Cameroon
Archaeological evidence of Cameroon's role as the point of origin of the Bantu migration — one of history's great population movements that populated sub-Saharan Africa
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German Colonial Photography Archive
Photographs from the German colonial era in Cameroon (1884–1916) document the Douala coast, the interior kingdoms and the colonial administration in striking images