The Kalakuta Museum officially opens to the general public today by 4pm and it is located at Fela’s house, 7 Gbemisola Street, Ikeja. Lagos.
The ground floor houses the reception, a coffee shop, souvenir shop and offices for managers of the building. The first floor, which was Fela’s living quarters, has being converted into the main gallery floor where visitors can view exhibits on the late legend. Apart from the main gallery, there are four exhibition rooms including Fela’s bedroom which is left largely intact but inaccessible to visitors.
The second floor is converted into a four-room hotel where people can lodge. While the roof top is the entertainment floor where people can unwind. A band stand, restaurant and a bar are already in place at the open space where people can enjoy cool breeze and look at Ikeja from a vantage height.
The Kalakuta Museum is conceived and managed by Total Consult – a reputable firm of architects and builders of numerous projects and proudly supported by the Lagos
state government.
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