Museum of West African Art - MOWAA

Name: Museum of West African Art - MOWAA
Address: Benin City, Edo, Nigeria
Telephone: 0701 450 1887

4.7(21 Google reviews)

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Listing source: Google Places; record fetched 3 October 2026.
Listing fields compared on 9 September 2026. This compares the stored name, address, phone, website, status and hours.
6 Google rating/review records held, 6 with written text; newest published 19 August 2026.
Review records fetched 14 September 2026.
Stored review analysis updated 30 May 2026.
Ranking computed 23 September 2026.

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What our review analysis found

Innovative preservation of African heritage with a focus on Edo art and cultural export.

preserving heritage
edo art
cultural export
innovative
great team
economic boost

Stored review sentiment: Strongly positive.

Analysis updated 30 May 2026. This summarises Google review text, not a recent visit or confirmation of services. The excerpts below may differ from the reviews used for that analysis.

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Why this is ranked #1 in Museums in Benin City

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Composite score 72.7 of 100

Google rating92
Review volume45
Review recency91
Profile completeness67
Review sentiment86
Verification0

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About

Museum of West African Art - MOWAA is one of the museums in Benin City, located at 1 Benin Sapele Rd, Oka, Benin City 300102, Edo, Nigeria. Its recorded Google rating is 4.7 stars from 21 reviews.

Google ratings and review excerpts

Engnaro B1 month ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful architecture. True old pieces and an amazing research centre. Although not formally open its a space that has a huge potential and the heart of artist in Nigeria
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life C.9 months ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thank you for the hard work to put things together! The museum will boost the local ecomonic and level up the city! Great project! You guys have a wonderful team from security to management! Looking forward to seeing the grand opening! BEST LUCK!! C
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Ayodele O.1 year ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
It was so exciting to see how innovative efforts are being made to preserve African heritage and export to non Africans.
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Kingsley B.1 year ago
4.0 out of 5 stars
A lot going on here preserving the cultural heritage of an ancient city in modern times. I'm sure I'll be back when all these are completed
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Balogun V.1 year ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
The national art of Edo was great I had fun and the artist there they really draw well it was really fun
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John O.1 year ago
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) when open is set to be the leading art and culture nurturing instition in West Africa
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