Read a project report from the LCFN project tour 2020 by Ralf Kühn and Sebastian Dürrschmidt with the visit of four projects.
Fascinating culture of the San
A Living Museum is an authentic way of presenting traditional culture and has three main aims:
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By developing a Living Museum local communities can create a sustainable source of income
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With the work in Living Museums people in communal areas are encouraged to deal with their traditional culture to protect or regain important parts of their cultural identity.
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Visitors of the Living Museums can learn a lot about the interesting cultures of Namibian language groups and have a great opportunity to get to know the people of Namibia.
Read a project report from the LCFN project tour 2020 by Ralf Kühn and Sebastian Dürrschmidt with the visit of four projects.
Like everywhere else in the World the Corona virus has led to a collapse of the tourism industry in Namibia. The safety measures in Namibia began with the halt of international air traffic on March 15 and with the restriction of local travel and school curriculum on March 27 (Namibian Lockdown)
For the six living museums we support this means a total loss of all income since mid-March 2020. Neither international tourists (about 90% of museum visitors) nor local travelers or school classes were able to visit the living museums and the future is uncertain, as it is currently still unclear when international travel will be possible again. Local tours have been allowed again, but the Namibian economy is so weakened that hardly anybody is travelling.
This year a project trip to visit two of the LCFN museums was done by Sebastian Dürrschmidt, Vojtěch Šeba, Ralf Kühn (LCFN members), Ingo Kühn and photography student Gustav Lorenz.
The aim was to assess the state and the past development of the Damara museum at Twyfelfountain and the Ovahimba museum located close to Opuwo which had been opened three years ago. This was done in order to find opportunities for possible improvement.
At the end of February 2017 I had again the possibility, together with friends from Germany, to visit the Living museum of the Mbunza very close to Rundu. Since the opening in 2012 it is my third time already. Immediately I recognized how structured and organized the visits of tourists are handled, how much effort Sebron and the colleagues of the museum put into imparting knowledge and to really show the very specifics of the ethnicity of the Mbunza on the Okavango river.
Do you have a question about the Mafwe Living Museum?
Have you read our FAQ already? Most of your questions will be answered there. If your question couldn't be answered you are welcome to write us an email to contact@lcfn.info
Kind regards, Elizabeth,
Manager of the Mafwe Living Museum
Do you have a question about the Mbunza Living Museum?
Have you read our FAQ already? Most of your questions will be answered there. If your question couldn't be answered you are welcome to write us an email to contact@lcfn.info
Kind regards, Sebron
Manager of the Mbunza Living Museum
Do you have a question about the Ovahimba Living Museum?
Have you read our FAQ already? Most of your questions will be answered there. If your question couldn't be answered you are welcome to write us an email to tjipuruaj@yahoo.com
Kind regards, John
Manager of the Ovahimba Living Museum
Do you have a question about the Damara Living Museum?
Have you read our FAQ already? Most of your questions will be answered there. If your question couldn't be answered you are welcome to write us an email to contact@lcfn.info.
Kind regards, Hans-Bernhard
Manager of the Damara Living Museum
Do you have a question about the Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museum?
Have you read our FAQ already? Most of your questions will be answered there. If your question couldn't be answered you are welcome to write us an email to contact@lcfn.info
Kind regards, Apollo
Manager of the Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museum
Do you have a question about the Living Hunter's Museum?
Have you read our FAQ already? Most of your questions will be answered there. If your question couldn't be answered you are welcome to write us an email to contact@lcfn.info
Kind regards, Tsamkxao
Manager of the Living Hunter's Museum
Haben Sie eine Frage über das Mafwe Lebende Museum?
Sollte die Antwort auf ihre Frage nicht in unserem FAQ (meistgestellte Fragen) zu finden sein, so können Sie uns gerne eine Email schreiben: contact@lcfn.info
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Elizabeth,
Manager des Mafwe Living Museums
Haben Sie eine Frage über das Mbunza Lebende Museum?
Sollte die Antwort auf ihre Frage nicht in unserem FAQ (meistgestellte Fragen) zu finden sein, so können Sie uns gerne eine Email schreiben: contact@lcfn.info
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Sebron
Manager des Mbunza Living Museums
Haben Sie eine Frage über das Ovahimba Lebende Museum?
Sollte die Antwort auf ihre Frage nicht in unserem FAQ (meistgestellte Fragen) zu finden sein, so können Sie uns gerne eine Email (In Englisch) schreiben: tjipuruaj@yahoo.com
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, John,
Manager des Ovahimba Living Museum
Haben Sie eine Frage über das Damara Lebende Museum?
Sollte die Antwort auf ihre Frage nicht in unserem FAQ (meistgestellte Fragen) zu finden sein, so können Sie uns gerne eine Email schreiben: contact@lcfn.info
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Hans-Bernhard,
Manager des Damara Living Museum
Haben Sie eine Frage über das Ju/'Hoansi Lebende Museum?
Sollte die Antwort auf ihre Frage nicht in unserem FAQ (meistgestellte Fragen) zu finden sein, so können Sie uns gerne eine Email schreiben: contact@lcfn.info
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Apollo,
Manager des Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museum
Haben Sie eine Frage über das Hunter's Lebende Museum?
Sollte die Antwort auf ihre Frage nicht in unserem FAQ (meistgestellte Fragen) zu finden sein, so können Sie uns gerne eine Email schreiben: contact@lcfn.info
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Tsamkxao,
Manager des Living Hunter's Museum
Do you have a question about the Khwe Living Museum?
Have you read our FAQ already? Most of your questions will be answered there. If your question couldn't be answered you are welcome to write us an email to contact@lcfn.info
Kind regards, Taddeus,
Manager of the Khwe Living Museum
Haben Sie eine Frage über das Khwe Lebende Museum?
Sollte die Antwort auf ihre Frage nicht in unserem FAQ (meistgestellte Fragen) zu finden sein, so können Sie uns gerne eine Email schreiben: contact@lcfn.info
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Taddeus,
Manager des Khwe Living Museums