Introduction

The role of the Resource Center is to collect, organize, preserve, disseminate information and improve access to information in support of NMK aims and objectives. The center has two operational sections i.e. Library and Archives which hold indispensable resources for research, exhibition development, and educational programmes among others.

The library was established in 1910, and is jointly owned by NMK and Nature Kenya (formerly East Africa Natural History Society). It is open to NMK staff, research affiliates, members of Nature Kenya and Kenya Museum Society, Librarians and the general public at a minimal fee.