- Address: Ngorongoro Reserve, Olduvai Gorge, 36 kilometers to the north-east of Lake Eyashi
- Phone: +255 718 707 330
- Foundation date: 1970.
- Founder: Mary Leakey
Africa, perhaps, is the most interesting and alluring continent. After all, here not only millions of years ago life was born, but even today, the centers of primordiality have survived. And it is extraordinarily valuable that the authorities of many states, incl. and Tanzania , conduct excavations in their territories and preserve for the descendants the heritage of mankind. Let's talk about the interesting museum of the Olduvai gorge.
What kind of museum?
The Olduvai Gorge Museum originated from the work of archaeologist Mary Leakey in 1970 - both the city residents and museum visitors had the opportunity to join the anthropology discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge. After a while, the collection of the museum began to complement the exhibits from Laetoli, which is 25 kilometers south of the gorge. In 1998, the museum suffered some reconstruction.
What is interesting about the Olduvai gorge museum?
The museum is located near the most interesting reserve of Tanzania - the crater Ngorongoro . All exhibitions and expositions are bones and remains of ancient people - the ancestors of modern man. There are here and parts of the found skeletons of extinct animals and even preserved almost entirely tusks of mammoths. One of the halls of the museum is fully dedicated to the collected footprints of ancient people.
Despite its remote location relative to large cities and settlements ( Arusha , Dar es Salaam , Mwanza ), the Olduvai Gorge Museum will be of interest to all tourists without exception. Annually it is visited by about 100 thousand people, open and you for yourself an exciting page of the history of the distant past.
How to get there?
Since the museum building is located in the Olduvai gorge near the Ngorongoro reserve, and this is completely closed and guarded territory, it is easier and more comfortable to visit it during a special excursion . But if you travel to Tanzania on your own, then the museum can be reached by coordinates, it is about 36 km to the north-east from Lake Eyashi. For a nominal fee, museum staff will be happy to talk with you.
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