Museums
Cape Town Yellow pages
The Bo-Kaap area is the traditional home of the Cape-Malay community, brought in as slaves from Indonesia. The museum, established in 1978 to depict their material culture, also contains an exhibition...
Arusha Yellow pages
This museum run by the Arusha Tanzania Tanzanite Foundation contains a video on the history of Tanzanite mining from the discovery of the rare gemstone in the Mererani hills near Arusha in 1967 to the...
Dar Es Salaam Yellow pages
This open-air museum consists of 16 replica traditional Tanzanian huts. There are traditional performances between 16.00 and 18.00 on weekends and public holidays and artists and craftsmen produce and...
Upanga area
Museums in Upanga area
Arusha Yellow pages
The Arusha Cultural Heritage Centre
Museum and curio shop celebrating Tanzania’s over 120 tribes.
Dar Es Salaam Yellow pages
Contains permanent exhibitions on the evolution of man, the history of Tanzania, biology and ethnography. Also hosts occasional temporary exhibitions. Open daily 09.30-18.00.
Downtown district
Museums in Downtown district
Arusha Yellow pages
National Natural History Museum
The museum houses exhibits exploring the country’s colonial history, the struggle for independence and the experience of socialism under the independence leader and first president Julius Nyerer...
Maputo Yellow pages
Mon-Tues and Thurs-Fri 09.00-12.00 and 14.00-18.00. Sun 09.00-12.00 and 15.00-18.00. Weds closed. The museum, an initiative of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique or Liber...
Arusha Yellow pages
The museum houses exhibits exploring the country’s colonial history, the struggle for independence and the experience of socialism under the independence leader and first president Julius Nyerer...
Maputo Yellow pages
Tues-Fri 11.00-17.00. Sat 09.00-15.00. Sun and holidays 14.00-17.00. Mon closed. This museum is housed in the so-called “Yellow House”, the oldest building still in public use in Maputo. I...
Maputo Yellow pages
Tues-Fri 09.00-17.00. Sat 09.0-14.00. Sun and holidays 14.00-17.00. Mon closed. Free entry on Sun. Geological activities began in Mozambique around 1892, when the first mining services were establishe...
Cape Town Yellow pages
South African National Gallery
From an initial bequest of 45 paintings presented by Thomas Butterworth Bayley in 1871, the collection has grown to one of international stature, encompassing substantial holdings of South African, Af...
Maputo Yellow pages
Tues-Fri 11.00-18.00. Sat, Sun and holidays 14.00-18.00. Mon, 1 Jan, 1 May and 25 Dec closed. Established after national independence in 1975, the museum occupies a building dating from the mid-1960s...
Maputo Yellow pages
Tues-Sun and holidays 08.30-15.30. Mon, 1 Jan, 1 May and 25 Dec closed. Free entry on Sun. The museum contains a large collection of insects, started at the beginning of the 19th century, as well as s...
