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The Kenya National Archives is a public archive and museum in Nairobi, holding documents, photographs and artefacts from Kenya's history. It occupies a well-known building in the centre of the city, within easy reach of other downtown landmarks.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
Hotel Ambassadeur is the closest hotel to the Kenya National Archives at just 80 m, about 1 minute on foot. It has 3 stars, a guest score of 4.1 from 3,963 reviews, and offers free car parking, breakfast and free wifi, making it an easy base for a city-centre archive visit.
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Hotel Mercury sits 90 m from the Kenya National Archives, roughly 1 minute on foot, and offers breakfast and wheelchair accessible facilities. A 3-star hotel in Nairobi, it suits anyone who wants the Moi Avenue landmark and the Murumbi galleries on their doorstep.
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Space International is one of the closest options at 30 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 1 minute on foot. It has 3 stars and wheelchair accessible facilities plus free wifi, so you can step out of the lobby and be at the archive entrance almost immediately.
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Karibu Hotel is 30 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 1 minute on foot, putting the Murumbi gallery and the presidential portraits within a short walk. It is a 2-star hotel with a guest score of 3.0 from 1 review, and offers free car parking and breakfast.
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Hotel Nairobi is 120 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 2 minutes on foot. A 5-star hotel with a guest score of 4.5 from 2 reviews, it provides car parking, a breakfast room and air conditioning, giving you a comfortable base right beside the landmark.
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Sheratton Regency Hotel Nairobi is 140 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 2 minutes on foot. A 3-star hotel with a guest score of 4.5 from 7,367 reviews, it offers free car parking, family rooms and free wifi, a practical choice for families visiting the Moi Avenue landmark together.
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Sunway Hotel Nairobi YOHOH is 110 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 2 minutes on foot. The 3-star hotel has a guest score of 4.2 from 5 reviews and offers free car parking, breakfast and free wifi, so you can walk to the archive entrance and back with ease.
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Topaz Hotel is 160 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 2 minutes on foot. A 3-star hotel with a guest score of 4.2 from 105 reviews, it offers parking and internet access, putting the Murumbi collection and the archive's historic photographs within an easy stroll.
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Diamond Hotel is 150 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 2 minutes on foot. The 3-star hotel has a guest score of 4.0 from 202 reviews and a spa, useful after a morning spent among the masks, regalia and photographs on Moi Avenue.
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Rainbow Hotel is 160 m from the Kenya National Archives, about 2 minutes on foot. A 2-star hotel with a guest score of 3.9 from 782 reviews, it offers parking, breakfast and free wifi, and its position keeps the colonnaded archive building within a short walk.
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Getting to the Kenya National Archives from these hotels is mostly a matter of walking. The closest properties sit 30 m away, including Space International and Karibu Hotel, with Hotel Ambassadeur at 80 m and Hotel Mercury at 90 m, so the landmark is 1 minute on foot from any of them. A little further out, Hotel Nairobi at 120 m, Sunway Hotel Nairobi YOHOH at 110 m and Sheratton Regency Hotel Nairobi at 140 m take about 2 minutes, while Diamond Hotel, Topaz Hotel, Rainbow Hotel, New Accra Hotel and Comfort 5 Hotel at 150 m to 180 m need 2 to 3 minutes, and Sandton Palace Hotel, Hotel Central Park & Conference Centre and Ash White Hotel at 180 m to 220 m take 3 minutes. Guests arriving by air will need a drive or taxi from the airport; once in the CBD, everything here is on foot. Of the 246 hotels within 2 km, 71 are within 500 m and 145 within 1 km.
The Kenya National Archives occupies a colonnaded building on Moi Avenue in the heart of Nairobi's CBD, opposite the Hilton and beside the Ambassadeur. Downstairs and on the mezzanine is the gallery built around the collection of Joseph Murumbi, Kenya's second vice-president, who assembled one of the largest private holdings of African art, textiles, weapons, stamps and books on the continent. Portraits of Kenyan presidents, ceremonial regalia, carved doors, masks from West and Central Africa and dense cases of beadwork line the walls in an old-fashioned, crowded, wonderful way. The visit is short and unusually rewarding: you pay at a desk inside the entrance, sign the book, and a staff member usually walks you round, their commentary the difference between a room of masks and an hour of Kenyan political history. The ground floor holds the presidential portraits and ceremonial gifts, the Murumbi galleries carry the African art, and the mezzanine and upper landings are hung with historic photographs of Nairobi, of the railway, of the independence ceremonies.
Hotel Ambassadeur is the closest hotel we list, about 1 min walk · 80 m from Kenya National Archives in a straight line, in Nairobi.
Yes: 145 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Kenya National Archives, about a 15-minute walk, and 71 are within 500 m. The closest is Hotel Ambassadeur, 80 m away.
Hotel Ambassadeur, Karibu Hotel, Sheratton Regency Hotel Nairobi list free parking on their own page. Check the hotel page for the details.
Sheratton Regency Hotel Nairobi has the best guest score of the hotels near Kenya National Archives: 4.5/5 from 7,367 reviews, 140 m away.
8 of the hotels we list within 1 km of Kenya National Archives have 4 or 5 stars, the nearest being Hotel Nairobi (120 m).
In this area of Nairobi there are 71 hotels within 500 m of the Kenya National Archives, 145 within 1 km and 246 within 2 km. Of the closest listed options, Space International and Karibu Hotel are 30 m away, and Hotel Ambassadeur is 80 m away.
Several hotels near the archives list breakfast, including Hotel Ambassadeur 80 m away, Hotel Mercury at 90 m, Karibu Hotel and Sunway Hotel Nairobi YOHOH at 30 m and 110 m, and Rainbow Hotel and Comfort 5 Hotel further along at 160 m and 180 m, with Ash White Hotel at 220 m.