National Museum of Tanzania

Coordinates: 6°48′47″S 39°17′38″E / 6.8131°S 39.2938°E / -6.8131; 39.2938
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The National Museum of Tanzania
Makumbusho ya Taifa
Tanganyika governor Harold MacMichael.
Executive DirectorProfessor Audax Mabula
Websitewww.nmt.go.tz

The National Museum of Tanzania is a

National History Museum and the Arusha Declaration Museum in Arusha, and the Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere Memorial Museum in Butiama
.

Dar es Salaam National Museum

The Dar es Salaam National Museum is located in Shabban Robert Street, next to the

ethnographic
collections on Tanzanian cultures.

Village Museum

A traditional Nyakyusa woman's home at the Village Museum

The Kijiji cha Makumbusho, or Village Museum, established in 1967,

ethnic groups. There are also examples of traditional cultivations, and traditional music and dance shows are held daily.[4]

National Natural History Museum

The National Natural History Museum in Arusha, open since 1987, is located in Arusha, in Boma Road. It has two permanent exhibits, respectively on human evolution and entomology.[5]

Arusha Declaration Museum

The Arusha Declaration Museum, open since 1977, is located in Arusha, in Kaloleni Road. It displays documents on the colonial history of Tanzania, the fight for independence, and the Arusha Declaration where the first Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere outlined his political vision.[6]

Nyerere Museum

The Mwalimu[7] Julius K. Nyerere Memorial Museum, or Nyerere Museum for short, was established in the year 1999. It is located in Butiama, where Tanzania's first president Julius Nyerere was born and was buried. The museum display items related to Nyerere's personal and political life.[8]

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ^ "12 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Dar es Salaam - PlanetWare".
  2. ^ "12 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Dar es Salaam - PlanetWare".
  3. ^ Richard Wood (2001-01-01). "The village museum, Dar es Salaam". Tanzanian Affairs (68). Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. ^ "NMT - National Museum of Tanzania". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  5. ^ "NMT - National Museum of Tanzania". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  6. ^ "NMT - National Museum of Tanzania". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  7. ^ "Mwalimu" is the Swahili word for "teacher", a common epithet for President Julius Nyerere.
  8. ^ "NMT - National Museum of Tanzania". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-10-26.

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