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274:. In 1930 Evelyn Molony, née Napier was appointed the museum's first botanist after a grant was given to the museum by Ernest Carr to fund her employment. During her tenure she established within the museum a herbarium on East African plants as well as publishing a series of scientific papers on East African flora.
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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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Galleries closed until December 2007 for an extensive rebuilding program. This was the first major renovation of Nairobi Museum since 1930. A new administration block and commercial center were built, and NMK's physical planning was improved.
259:. At his unexpected death in 1925, Lady Coryndon established the Coryndon Memorial Fund to build a better museum for the society in memory of her husband. The government offered matching funds for public donations and in 1928 construction began.
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and John
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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,
325:, to place Richard in a senior position and begin replacing the board with Kenyans of Kenyan extraction, as there were only two out of 16 in that category. The penalty for inaction would be removal of government funding.
231:, who arrived in March 1914. Loveridge concentrated on collections, with the members volunteering to contribute specimens, labour and funds. They also ran the museum while Loveridge fought for the British in
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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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