Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Copperbelt Museum

    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box 71444
      Ndola
      Zambia

    • Location:

      Buteko Avenue

    • Telephone:

      260-2-613591; 617450; 617727

    • Facsimile:

      260-2-617450

    • E-mail:

      cbmus@zamnet.zm

    • URL:

      http://www.coldreed.com/museumsl

    • Director:

      Stanford Mudenda Siachoono

    • Year founded:

      1962

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

    • Size:

      20,000

    • Holdings:

      Objects related to geologic history of the copperbelt, products of copperminig and refinery, and human evolution and cultural development in Zambia. Ethnographic objects from the peoples of Zambia, including musical instruments, dancing masks, ceremonial axes and other royal /ritual regalia, household utility objects, fishing basketry, and manufacturing toolkit- hammer, scraper, drill, needle, and platform- for processing skins and bark into garments, bags, and sandals, objects associated with rites of passage-initiation and marriage -and those relating to witchcraft. Items related to Zambian natural history, including small mammals, birds, moths and butterflies.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      Zambian

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Entrance fee

    • Access restrictions:

      Closed on Christmas and New Year

    • Finding tools:

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: