The library is a department of the Lamu Fort Museum, it is the only library in Lamu that serveserves the public. The fort was formally a prison; It is in a historyhistoric building that was buildbuilt by the Sultan of Oman. it'sIts history has made the library more attractedattractive and notable by the researchers, it was then given to National Museum of Kenya in 1985. The [[Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency]] (S.I.D.A) assisted the National Museums of Kenya to convert the fort into a museum. In 1986 the library was officially reopened at the fort museum by Mr. K. Nordenskiöld, a former director of S.I.D.A on Tuesday 22 April 1986.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
