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Tourism

to create a portal of history that is By this, funds are generated while
simply beautiful. keeping the history and the ancient
arts from Afrika and the world alive.
Not finding what we were looking
for in those government owned mu- You can find the artifact shop on
seums really did not go down well Instagram @antiques_art_gallery
with my husband who thinks the
government of Kenya is not doing
enough to meet up the expectation
of visitors, especially when the Mag-
ical Kenya advert and promotions
will make you think everything you
think you will find, you will actually
find. He thinks that such shops with
long history of collecting artifacts
which you can see and even read the
history behind the artifacts should
be given opportunity by the gov-
ernment or sponsored by private
investors to show their collections
more widely. And this he said can be
done by opening public art galleries
especially in Mombasa where such
shops can come and showcase their
artifacts to the public for entry fees.

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