Connecting with my roots is an ethereal experience that I fail to express the amount of overwhelming bewilderment, I felt and the connection to my fellow countrymen and the uniqueness of the culture and traditions they share, in both life and death.
It's a really great place to visit and chill from. You don't don't really need to pay to be in the premises unless if you want to go into the building.
Small but informative museum, currently with special exhibition on Gabriel Ellison, designer of the Zambian national icons. Also features a large curio shop, but no café anymore. Housed in one of the oldes buildings in the area, which was neatly renovated.
*Great stop for traditional Zambian food (quick/buffet style) en route to Livingstone.
*Lovely craft market inside the Choma Museum, good prices, supports Zambian artisans.
*We didn't go through the museum this trip but have enjoyed it in the past.
*You need permission before taking a photo of the three huge metal balls in the field. We got permission. Even then it's hard to read the sign, so I will transcribe it here:
BUSH CLEARING EQUIPMENT
Three eleven-ton metal balls were used to erase trees connecting them with the battleship anchor chain & pulling them by huge Caterpillars; in preparation for the flooding of the Gweembe Valley basin, following the construction of the Kafue Dam 1957
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Mungelo Mwaanga Sikateyo
12 months agoConnecting with my roots is an ethereal experience that I fail to express the amount of overwhelming bewilderment, I felt and the connection to my fellow countrymen and the uniqueness of the culture and traditions they share, in both life and death.
Christopher Tembo
a year agoIt's a really great place to visit and chill from. You don't don't really need to pay to be in the premises unless if you want to go into the building.
Jose
3 months agoVery Interesting and well organized museum, also with a great gift shop. 300 kwachas
Matthias Arnold
a year agoSmall but informative museum, currently with special exhibition on Gabriel Ellison, designer of the Zambian national icons. Also features a large curio shop, but no café anymore. Housed in one of the oldes buildings in the area, which was neatly renovated.
Sherri Ellington
2 years ago*Great stop for traditional Zambian food (quick/buffet style) en route to Livingstone. *Lovely craft market inside the Choma Museum, good prices, supports Zambian artisans. *We didn't go through the museum this trip but have enjoyed it in the past. *You need permission before taking a photo of the three huge metal balls in the field. We got permission. Even then it's hard to read the sign, so I will transcribe it here: BUSH CLEARING EQUIPMENT Three eleven-ton metal balls were used to erase trees connecting them with the battleship anchor chain & pulling them by huge Caterpillars; in preparation for the flooding of the Gweembe Valley basin, following the construction of the Kafue Dam 1957