Kitale museum is located at (233, 124) on the grid of Top Sheet 75/3. Kitale is in Trans-Nzoia district of the Rift Valley province. The museum is within the town about 1 km from the town center. The town itself is about 380 km from Nairobi the capital city. It lies Northwest of Nairobi.
Established in 1974, Kitale Museum was previously known as Stoneham Museum named after Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Stoneham, who founded the museum in 1926.
Stoneham's collections included animals, insects and books that form a part of the museum exhibition amongst other cultural and natural artifacts.
The museum also practices environmental conservation and has amongst other attractions an AgroForestry memorial centre and nature trail.
More information about the museum on [http://www.museums.or.ke]