0°32′49″S 166°54′59″ENauru Museum or Naoero Museum is the national museum of the Republic of Nauru. Located in Yaren, the museum formally opened on 30 January 2019.^[1][2]

Based on a private collection of Second World War material, the museum was initially funded by the Nauru Phosphate Corporation.^[3] The museum closed in the 2000s due to disputes over land.^[3] In 2014, strategy for a new museum was presented to UNESCO's Framework Convention for Climate Change, as part of the government of Nauru's aim to "preserve Nauruan language and cultural heritage".^[4]

The collection is made up of historic objects, items relating to the island during the Second World War, objects relating to radio and police, as well as a photographic collection.^[3][2] In 2019 Nauru Museum publicly appealed for more objects to be donated to the collection.^[2]

Due to a legacy of colonial exploitation,^[5] much Nauru's photographic archive and material culture is held in foreign institutions, some of which include: the British Museum;^[6] Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa;^[7] the Metropolitan Museum of Art;^[8] Israel Museum.^[9] The National Museum of Australia has collected objects relating to Nauru's refugee crisis.^[10]