Abasuba Community Peace Museum
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| Established | December 1996[citation needed] |
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| Location | Mfangano, Kenya |
| Type | Ethnographic |
| Curator | Jack Wanyende |
| Website | www.abasuba.museum |
The Abasuba Community Peace Museum (ACPM) was founded in 2000,[citation needed] and is located in Ramba, Waware, Suba North District, Homa Bay County, Kenya. It is one of several peace museums throughout Kenya.[1]
The Abasuba Community Peace Museum organizes site stewardship and tours for the three pictograph sites located on Mfangano Island: Mawanga Cave, Kwitone Rock Shelter, and Kakiimba Rock Shelter.[2] The museum is also a research centre for students, doctors, and other researchers interested in studying the archaeological sites of the Lake Victoria region or other topics related to the Abasuba People.[1]
In 2007, TARA received a grant from the Kenyan Tourism Trust Fund (TTF) to increase awareness of rock art, to promote rock art for tourism and to conserve and develop sites in a way that will lead to improving the quality of life in Suba District and expand the museum's reach.[3] As a result, a larger museum opened in 2008.[4]