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HISTORY GALLERY
Follow the amazing evolution of man from the beginning of time to the present through evidences discovered from the famous world heritage sites of Oldupai Gorge and Laetoli. The story takes you on a 6 million years journey, bringing you face to face with the famous ‘Zinj’ the pride of Tanzania. Find how human beings have evolved and the tools used in the process of evolution
The stages of the history of Tanzania from early-societies of pre-Tanganyika, the Tanganyika and present Tanzania are shown in this gallery. You will experience developments achieved by the early societies of pre- Tanganyika, the agony of slavery and colonialism, and the making of Tanzania.
The Museum is open daily including public holidays
from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
ETHNOGRAPHY gallery displays the rich and diverse tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Tanzania. You can see the diverse cultures of Tanzania through traditional healing, initiations, ornaments, costumes and recreational objects, households’ utensils and musical instruments. Developments of the faming implements as well as textiles are also on display.
The gallery highlights Tanzanian biodiversity through display of an array of species inhabiting and interacting within the ecosystems and conservation of environment. Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are well represented by different organisms from the ocean and freshwater bodies, savanna and forests respectively. Among interesting display is dugong which answer a question of whether is a mammal or mermaid and the presumed prehistorical fish coelacanth thought extinct 65 million years ago and reappeared in Tanzania in 2003. The hall therefore contributes to the museum’s efforts of alerting the public the critical roles organisms play in sustaining life, the ecological crisis we now face and ways to preserve the species and ecosystem.