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in a personality conflict. The museum was a center for Leakey operations. In 1945 Louis was hired as paid curator with a new house, as the old one had become run-down. He built up the exhibitions and opened them to
Africans and Asians by lowering the admission fee. Until then the museum had been "for
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The building was ready in 1929. Unfortunately no workrooms or storage space had been provided and therefore the
Natural History Society declined to move in. The government then bought the old museum and the society used the money to add three rooms, gave its collections to the museum trustees, but
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The relationship between the museum trustees and the society became problematic, and as a result the two organisations appointed a committee including Sir
Charles Belcher, a Kenyan jurist, to stabilise it. The committee turned everything over to the museum except for the library in exchange for
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Richard was at first offered a part-time executive position, which he turned down. Over the next few months much of the board was replaced and in May 1968 the new board offered
Richard a permanent post as administrative director, with Carcasson to be retained as scientific director. However,
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The museum was a base for Leakey operations until 1961, when Louis founded the Centre for
Prehistory and Paleontology on the grounds nearby and moved himself and his collections to it. He resigned in favour of the next director,
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habitat. The museum houses collections, and temporary and permanent exhibits. Today the
National Museum of Kenya manages over 22 regional museums, many sites, and monuments across the country.
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Associates included Joel Ojal, the museum overseer in the government. On his return from Omo Richard gave his ideas for improvement directly to Joel, who asked the chairman,
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