Welcome to the Institute of Primate Research Home Director's Corner Animal Resource Reproduction Department Virology Department Infectious Diseases Ecology Conservation Information Technology Collaborators: -Select- Museums W H O Louis Leaky established the Institute of Primate Research (IPR) in 1960 with monkeys as models to understand human evolution and as a facility for collection and studies of East African primates. Since its inception, IPR has expanded tremendously in both physical and researches facilities and is now focused on the breeding and use of non-human primate study, prevent and or/ treat human diseases under the auspices of the animal welfare. The Institute has out door and indoor housing facilities for breeding colonies of about 270 primates IPR is an institution of the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) and is currently located in 400 acres of Ololua natural tropical forest near Karen, approximately 20kms from Nairobi.IPR is a non-profit making organization, which undertakes r