August 7th Memorial Park
A memorial park on the site of the 1998 US Embassy bombing in Nairobi, with a wall inscribed with the names of more than 200 victims.
On 7 August 1998, al-Qaeda carried out a truck bombing at the US Embassy in Nairobi, killing 213 people and injuring about 4,000. The same day, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania was also attacked. The site was turned into a memorial park with a wall engraved with the names of the victims, a sculpture made from blast wreckage, and a small exhibition hall recounting the attack and the rescue effort. It sits at the junction of Moi Avenue and Haile Selassie Avenue in the city centre. Admission is a nominal fee, and it is open roughly 08:00–18:00.
Opening hours
About 08:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC)
- Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family
- Nairobi Railway Museum
- Jamia Mosque, Nairobi
- Nairobi City Market
- Nairobi Gallery
- Nairobi National Museum
- Nairobi Arboretum