Kenya museums to soon go virtual

Sculptures of the human revolution at the National Museum of Kenya. PHOTO| FILE

Kenya’s rich heritage that goes back more than three million years will soon be accessible online, as the country plans to create a virtual museum.

The new approach—that is only found in South Africa on the continent —means that one does not need to physically go to the National Museums of Kenya (NMK), the chief heritage custodial, to sample the country's archaeological and paleontological collections.