Chad National Museum

Recorded constituent parts are Regional museum of Sarh and Abéché Museum. It is associated with Chad. The record gives 1962 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded seat is N'Djamena. It is recorded in the collection of N'Djamena.

• Name — Chad National Museum • Native Name — Musée National du Tchad • Established — 1962 10 06 • Location — N'Djamena, Chad • Type — National museum

The museum was established on 6 October 1962 in temporary quarters under the name of Chadian National Museum, Fort-Lamy, reflecting the earlier, colonial name of Chad's capital. In 1964, it moved to the former town hall, near the Place de l'Indépendance. At the time of the Chadian National Museum's establishment, it had four rooms for palaeontology, prehistory, protohistory, archives, folk arts, crafts and traditions. Many of its artifacts have were lost and looted during the unrest of the Chadian–Libyan War between 1978 and 1987, with a notable collection of musical instruments among the looted artefacts. Initiated in 1996 under the aegis of the National Research Support Center (current CNRD), a paleontology room was opened there in 1999 in connection with the prestigious discoveries of fossils made in the Djurab Desert. In November 2010, the museum moved to a modern building opposite the Palace of January 15, National Assembly, and next to an identical building housing the National Library.