Chichiri Museum
The Chichiri Museum, also known as the Museum of Malawi, is a historical and cultural museum located in
History
The Society of Malawi started to campaign for a museum in the early 1950s.[2] The Museums of Malawi, initially known as the Nyasaland Museum, was established through legislation in May 1957 via Museum Ordinance No. 201.[2] The initial museum was housed at Mandala house in Blantyre.[2]
The current museum building was constructed in 1965 at
In 2009 the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi supplied a hydroelectic exhibit that sits in the outdoor section of the museum.[2]
Collection
The museum has a transport collection displayed outdoors that includes a steam engine, a fire engine and a Europeans only bus.[2] Also outdoors is a Ndiwula hut in the syle of a Chewa rural homestead.[2] It was built in 1966 under the instructions of President Kamuzu Banda.[2]
The museum also displays the Machinga Meteorite which at the time of its fall was mistaken for a mozambique missile.[2] The meteorite weighs 93.2Kg and in 1984 was classified as a shocked L6c chondrite.[4] In 1990 a reanalysis classified it as a L6d.[5]
Gallery
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Early trains of Malawi -
Old fire brigade truck -
Early currency used in Malawi -
Malawi kwacha notes -
Military exhibit -
Early humans in Malawi -
Human evolution exhibit -
Iron Age exhibit -
Fishing and hunting tools -
Farming tools -
Household appliances -
Domestic appliances -
Jewelry exhibit -
Magical earrings -
Bangles -
Ivory nose plug and earrings -
Traditional beads -
Amulets -
Ceremonial spears -
Chief's stool -
Gule Wankulu exhibit -
Traditional medicine exhibit -
Traditional medicine: nyanga -
Traditional medicine: chithumwa -
Traditional medicine: nsupa -
Human skin photo -
Exhibits behind glass -
Slave trade exhibit -
Weapons -
Dancing apparel -
Drums exhibit -
Musical instrument exhibit -
Musical instrument chisekese -
Map of Livingstone's travels -
Moir Brothers agreement -
Old clothing exhibit -
Bark cloth exhibit -
In front of the entrance to the temporary David Livingstone exhibit (2014) -
Map of Livingstone's travels at temporary exhibit (2014)
References
- ^ "Museum of Malawi, Chichiri". International Council of African Museums. Archived from the original on 24 October 2006. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ S2CID 255631526.
- ^ "Chichiri museum". The Museum of Malawi. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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