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Livingstone Museum

Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road, Livingstone, Zambia
260/3/32-4428
4.0 of 5 stars 26 Reviews
Type: History Museums
Owner description: This popular museum contains Zambia’s oldest collection of fascinating samples from the area’s prehistory, as well as photographs, musical instruments...... more » Owner description: This popular museum contains Zambia’s oldest collection of fascinating samples from the area’s prehistory, as well as photographs, musical instruments and memorabilia belonging to Livingstone, the first white man to view Victoria Falls. « less
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San Francisco, California
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 30, 2012

Very nice museum, items well preserved, clean and orderly. It is dated but but this is maily some of the modern displays. In comparison to other museums I have visitied in Africa (excluding South Africa) it is heads and shoulders above this. Highly recommended. More

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Camberley UK
2 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 25, 2012

The displays are a bit tired but interesting nevertheless. The historical information is awesome and its certainly worth a visit. More

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san ramon
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
23 helpful votes 23 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 12, 2012

for such a small old town the museum is worth going, Can spend at least two hours and savoring every section, especially the letters from Mr. Livingston More

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New York City, New York
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3 reviews 3 reviews
3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 2, 2012

It was sad. Someone had broken into some of the cases and taken out documents. More

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Pennsylvania
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed March 25, 2012

This museum was moderately interesting, but not worth traveling around the world for. I would make this the last thing on your "to do" list in Livingstone. More

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Sydney
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 5, 2012

Livingstone Museum is a hidden gem. It has a fantastic section on the cultural heritage of Zambia, walk-through recreations of working villages and towns, a large natural history section and (perhaps my favourite section of all!) a room full of the history and artifacts of explorer David Livingstone, including hundreds of his original letters (I spent hours reading them!). An... More

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Camborne, United Kingdom
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5 reviews 5 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 1, 2012

A great place to find out about the history and culture of the area. Well worth a visit. More

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Århus
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 25, 2012

spent much more time there than planned, well layed out and very informative both historically and cultural More

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zambia
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 22, 2012

This museum must be visited it has David Livingstone's old letters here and lots of his belongings and so on. Really very interesting. More

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Utrecht, The Netherlands
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 19, 2012

Great displays, you can also see the MZ (Czech) motorcycle used by Kenneth Kaunda. Bargain prices at the museum's souvenir shop (never corrected for inflation). Our youngest daughter bought a drum. More

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