Copperbelt Museum

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The Copperbelt Museum (German as: "Museum of the Copper Belt") in the Zambian city of Ndola was founded in 1962 and was named after in Zambia and the neighboring country montane economically embossed copper region Copperbelt . The founding group, people from civil life and the local mining industry, intended to create an exhibition on natural history , which is based on the topics of the environment , geology , mining and regional history . The museum is located on Buteko Avenue in Ndola.

development

After Zambia's declaration of independence in 1964, a museum authority ( National Museums Board ) was established in 1966 . The Copperbelt Museum was declared by this authority in 1968 as the second national museum of Zambia, alongside the Livingstone Museum in the state gazette . At that time, the museum collections saw a large increase in exhibits, so that it moved from the old location in the Caravel House to the Bwafwano House on Buteko Avenue .

The further development of the museum took such a positive course that the institution is increasingly unable to meet all expectations of associated public events. Therefore, a new location had to be found, which will ultimately be near the roundabout on Mufulira Road near the new football stadium ( Levy Mwanawasa Stadium ). The current museum profile has evolved into a thematic complex of science and technology. Within this framework, the Copperbelt Museum pursues two main goals : the preservation of the mining and industrial monuments of the country as well as the development of further science and technology museums and scientifically oriented educational centers.

Collection areas

Three thematic exhibition areas are open to the public within the museum:

  • Ethnography and Art :

Among the exhibits in the ethnography area are musical instruments, dance masks and everyday objects. This exhibition area provides information about the way in which the peoples of Zambia used the environment to extract material and thus expressed their perceptions in art, technology, science, religion and socio-cultural references.

  • Geology :

General information about the historical geology of the earth and about rocks with the help of the rock cycle is presented to the visitors . A geological overview map gives an impression of the conditions in the area of ​​Zambia. Other exhibition areas present evidence of pre-colonial mining and modern times as well as display stages and gemstones from sites in Zambia. Forms and sites of copper mining and the smelting of ores are shown.

  • Temporary exhibitions :

This area offers the space for flexible museum work with different topics.

There is also an ornithological collection in the museum.

Publications

Stanford Siachoono: Guide to the Copperbelt . Copperbelt Museum (graphic by Pythias Mbewe), Ndola 2003, Mission Press Ndola.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The National Museums Board of Zambia: About The Copperbelt Museum . on www.museumszambia.org (English)
  2. ^ The National Museums Board of Zambia: Exhibitions & Programs . on www.museumszambia.org (English)
  3. ↑ Parliament of Zambia: M. Muteteka, MP: Report of the Committee on Lands Environment an Tourism on the Auditor-General's Report on the Management of Museums in Zambia for the Second Session of the Eleventh National Assembly Appointed on September 27th, 2012 . Lusaka 2013, p. 2. online at www.parliament.gov.zm (English, PDF document; 398 kB)
  4. ↑ a b c The National Museums Board of Zambia: Research & Collections . on www.museumszambia.org (English)
  5. ↑ JISC: bibliographic evidence . on discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk (English), alternatively

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Coordinates: 12 ° 58 ′ 10.54 ″  S , 28 ° 39 ′ 4.19 ″  E