- National (Archaeological) Museum
The museum contains antiquities and the oldest hominid skeleton (Lucy) of 3.5 million years. Traditional and ceremonial customs, paintings, jewelry, sculptures. It has both the anthropological and archeological relics that date to the ancestral, prehistoric, medieval, and modern history of Ethiopia.
- The Ethnological Museum
Having been emperor Haile Selassie I’S palace up to 1961, it was donated to serve as the national university. Later included the office for the institute of Ethiopian studies. Here you find the Institute’s library and the museum that has the collection of cultural items of almost all ethnics of Ethiopia.
- Mount Entoto & St. Mary Museum
Mount Entoto is the best location to observe the panoramic view of the capital. Entoto Mariam Church which was built by emperor Menelik in 1982, is situated on the intensive mountain range of ENTOTO. Articles of historical significance, that were donated by members of the royal family, foreign diplomats and individuals are well displayed in the Entoto Museum. Architectural design and the inner wall paintings of the church are fascinating.
- St.George Cathedral & Museum
The octagonal church was built by Emperor Menelik II in 1896 in commemoration of Ethiopian victory over the Italian invaders at the Battle of Adwa. Paintings by the Maitre Artist Afework Tekle have decorated the interior walls and glass windows of the church and other ecclesiastical, royal and cultural heritages of the past are displayed in vitrines in the cathedral’s small museum within the compound.
- Statues, Monuments, Squares and Mausoleums Statues
Abune Petros’s: him who was the Ethiopian Patriarch and who refused to accept the Italian invasion and assassinated while his arms chained.
Dagmawi Menelik: this statue of Menelik II was erected by his daughter Queen Zewditu. Yearly the Victory of Adua of 1896 is commemorated here.
Monuments: Marty’s Monument located near the Lion’s zoo, his monument commemorates the innocent martyrs of the city massacred by Graziani in 1937.
Victory Monument: situated in Arat-kilo, this is to commemorate the arrival of the Ethiopian patriots back to the city in victory and the Italian evacuation in 1941.
‘Tiglachin’ Monument: It was erected during the military regime to honour the Ethiopian soldiers who defended the country against Somalia and during civil war.
Moa-Anbesa-of the lion of Juddah: that was taken during the invasion and brought back from Italy.
6. Meskal Square: Every September 27, the founding of the True Cross “Meskal” is celebrated here quite colorfully.
7. Mausoleums: The Baeta Mariam church near the Grand Palace is also called the ‘Menelik Mausoleum’. In it are laid the corps of the royal family: Emperor Menelik II, his wife Empress Taitu Bitul and his daughter Queen Zewditu.
8. The Selassie Cathedral: ‘Selassie’ the trinities is the best Cathedral in Addis. Here also are burried Emperor Haile Selassie I and his wife Empress Menen.
9. Grand market (Mercato): The grand market is the largest open air market in Africa and the most interesting part of the city. Thronging in the market are more than 50,000 people from different parts of the country doing their daily shopping’s of different shapes and size containing rural produce; grains and variety of colorful spices, modern equipment etc… People do exchange their materials in cash and in kind. Mercato was first located by the Italians during World war II.Click Here to book this tour.