Makumbusho located in Kinindoni district and the heart of Dar es Salaam houses the Makumbusho Village Museum (or simply Village Museum; in Swahili “Kijiji cha Makumbusho”).
The outdoor museum is authentically constructed illustrating traditional life in various parts of Tanzania and the typical crops of each of these ethnic groups.
Founded in 1996, it is one of a consortium of five museums collectively known as the National Museum of Tanzania.
The others being the Dar es Salaam National Museum, the Mwalimu Nyerere museum, the natural history museum, and the Arusha declaration museum.
The museum is also associated with a cultural center (Makumbusho Cultural Centre), which organizes performances of traditional dances and traditional food tastings in Tanzania.
Local artists operate in the museum, and artisans display and sell their creations.
Traditional tribal dance performances also take place daily, whenever there is sufficient demand
You can wander through replicas of tribal homesteads, scattered across 15 acres, and learn about traditional customs and crafts.
Most visitors take a self-guided tour here, as each hut has interpretative signs detailing how the dwellings are constructed and the materials used.
