Kandt House Museum

The former Natural History Museum opened on December 17, 2017 as the Kandt House Museum named for Dr. Richard Kandt, the first German Resident of Rwanda, who once lived on the site.

The museum provides an overview of Rwanda’s social, economic, and political systems before the colonial period, including the Rwandan monarchy. It also traces the experiences of Rwandan people under colonial period as well as the foundation of Kigali as the Capital city