Tsumeb Museum

Tsumeb Museum

learning more about bushmen, colonies and independence in a small town in Namibia
Tsumeb Museum - learning more about bushmen, colonies and independence in a small town in Namibia

Location: 

President Street, Tsumeb, Namibia

Duration: 

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Journey: 

South West Africa

Personal highlights

  1. Museum: from indigenous bushmen to colonial powers and independence
  2. Exhibition: equally impressive collection like Das Alte Fort in Grootfontein
  3. German West Africainfo-icon: German colony only for a brief period of time (1884-1919)
  4. Namibiainfo-icon: home of many German immigrants, you still hear German in the streets
  5. Lake Otjiko: deep lake nearby, where the Germans sank their canons (missed)

Image sources

  1. Souvenirs in the streets
  2. Entrance to the Museum
  3. Rebuilt Bushmen Scene 
  4. Intestines of an old Phone 
  5. German Canon

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