Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Schmelenhaus Museum in Bethnien

    • Postal Address:

      c/o Namibia Scientific Society, PO Box 67
      Windhoek
      Namibia

    • Location:

      110 Robert Mugabe Ave.

    • Telephone:

      264-61-225372

    • Facsimile:

      264-61-226846

    • URL:

      http://www.natmus.cul.na/nam_mus/schmelen.html

    • Year founded:

      1955

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

      Artifacts
      Photographs

    • Size:

      Archaelogical artefacts: about 100 pieces; ethnographic articles: about 30 pieces; cultural-historical articles; photographs: around 40; books about 10.

    • Holdings:

      Holdings mainly consist of some archaeological, ethnographic and cultural history objects, which were collected in the region by the missionary, Albert Albat, who was stationed at Bethanien during the 1950's and 1960's. After his retirement the collections were handed over to the Scientific Society in 1971.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      German, English, Afrikaans

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Usually open for visitors, display cases locked; displayed articles only visible through glass. More info available from Lüderitz, app.200 km away

    • Finding tools:

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: