Museum of Malawi

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Museum of Malawi

The Museum of Malawi (English Museum of Malawi , also Chichiri Museum ) in the city of Blantyre is the national museum of culture and natural history of Malawi . It was founded in 1957.

The permanent exhibition shows important stages in the cultural and historical development of the country from prehistory to Malawi's independence . It also has an important collection of insects and geological samples, including the Machinga meteorite from 1981. In the outdoor area of ​​the museum, large exhibits document, among other things, the development of the country's transport infrastructure .

The museum offers mobile museum educational programs that are also intended to reach schoolchildren in rural areas.

Web links

Commons : Chichiri Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description of the museum ( Memento of October 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Coordinates: 15 ° 48 ′ 11.9 ″  S , 35 ° 2 ′ 18.5 ″  E