Conservation 2 November 2026
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Section H The Regent GazetteAgodi, Ibadan Friday 6 November 2026
News and long reads from the museum
The Gazette has been published since the museum opened in 1987, first on the old press and now here. Conservation, hanging shows, new acquisitions and the people behind them.
Behind the scenes 21 October 2026
Eleven days, sixty cloths: hanging Indigo
From empty white room to opening night, with a spirit level and a lot of zobo.
In brief
Acquisition
Three linocuts by Yewande Akinlade join the collection
Bought with gifts from the Regent Circle, they hang in the print room from November.
People
New head of learning
Tobi Adewale joins from a teaching post in Ogbomoso and will lead school visits.
Building
The solar roof, one year on
Generator use is down by 70 percent, and the cloth rooms have not gone above 58 percent humidity.
Learning
4,000 free school places
Funded by members and patrons for the 2026 to 2027 school year.
From the archive
1954
The Agodi print works opens. Its presses print a regional daily for nearly thirty years.
1987
The museum opens in the empty press hall with 210 works. The first Gazette is printed on the last working press.
2019
The extension adds the lift, the Learning Room and the solar roof.
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