Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences
Museum, c. 1970s | |
Former name | Queen Victoria Museum |
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| Location | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Collections | ethnography, archaeology, human evolution, Shona culture, modern art |
| Website | nmmz |
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The Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences (formerly the Queen Victoria Museum) is a national museum in Harare, Zimbabwe. Founded in 1903 and renamed after independence in 1980, it focuses on archaeology and anthropology.
According to the Zimbabwe Embassy, the museum houses a library, exhibition galleries, and a model Shona village, in addition to its ethnographic and archaeological holdings. Wildlife exhibits are also on show in public galleries.
The museum contains the seven-hundred-year-old Lemba artifact Ngoma Lungundu, which is the oldest wooden object ever found in sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
The museum is located in Harare’s Civic Centre, at the corner of Rotten Row and Samora Machel Avenue (P.O. Box CY 33, Causeway), Harare, Zimbabwe.
References
- ^ "Zimbabwe displays 'Ark of Covenant replica'". BBC News. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2012.