Museum sights in Yaoundé
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Musée d'Art Camerounais
This museum forms part of Yaoundé's Benedictine monastery in the lea of Mt Fébé. It has a wonderful collection of masks, bronzes, wooden bas-reliefs and pottery. Look out for the brass sculpture of the 'Great Maternal Figure', from the area northeast of Foumban - similar sculpture is still produced at Foumban's Village des Artisans. The monastery's chapel (underneath the main church) is decorated with Cameroonian textiles and crafts, and kora are sometimes used to accompany the singing at Mass.
The museum has a really handy English/French guidebook available at the entrance.Take a shared taxi to Bastos and then change for Mt Fébé.
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Musée National
Disappointing in comparison to the Musée d'Art Camerounais, the Musée National is small and dusty, counting masks and sculptures from across Cameroon in its exhibits. Some effort is being made to improve labelling, so it might be worth a look in the future.
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