KAREN BLIXEN'S MUSEUM This... by SirRichard
KAREN BLIXEN'S MUSEUMThis wonderfully pleasant Museum was the home of Karen Blixen (1914 to 1931) when she lived in Kenya. Yes, the one of the book/movie 'Out of Africa'. But even if you know nothing about Karen Blixen the museums surroundings, with a splendorous garden, deserve a visit by themselves.
For the ones who have seen the movie, note that there is a replica of the RCA Victor gramophone on which Streep/Blixen and Redford/Finch-Hatton played Mozart concertos, library shelves hold copies of Denys' books (each marked with a small brass plaque, DFH) and the lantern that she hung outside to let him know she was home.
The present museum site is at the heart of the larger coffee plantation run by Blixen between 1914 and 1931, in Karen Rd., (next to Karen College), in the Karen area. You can go there in bus n°24 from Moi Ave. Telephone: +254 (2) 88-27-79. P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi. Tel: 254-2-882779. Admission Charges: Non-Resident Adult: Kshs. 200
http://www.karenblixen.com/