Ovahimba Living Museum

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The Living Museum of the Ovahimba
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Unique half-nomadic Bantu culture

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Approach and opening hours

The Living Museum is open 365 days a year from sunrise until sundown. Bookings are not necessary. Just follow the signboards that are leading to the Living Museum and you will be warmly welcomed...

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Contact

Omungunda, 42 km north of Opuwo
-17.801614, 13.691071
+264 (0) 81 838 2556 (John) / +264 (0) 81 371 3884 (John)
sebastian.duerrschmidt
Living Culture Foundation

Booking

You can book a program and the campsite at the Living Museum directly at the reception. Prebookings are not necessary / possible.

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Latest News

12 March 2026
The development of a new Living Hunter's Museum close to Tsumkwe
The development of a new Living Hunter's Museum close to Tsumkwe
After the Living Hunter’s Museum at /Xa//oba had to be closed in January, the idea emerged to make a new start together with !Amace N!Aici. !Amace N!Aici is a Ju/’Hoansi who has been involved in the work of Living Museums since 2004 and therefore bri...
21 November 2025
Ju/'Hoansi – The Guardians of Their Culture
The students of the University of Wuppertal, Franka Luisa Fischer and Henning Knopp, produced the film “Ju/'Hoansi – The Guardians of Their Culture” together with our association. In addition to extensive research, they spent several weeks filming at...
20 September 2025
Premiere of the Film “Ju/'Hoansi – Guardians of Their Culture” in Tangermünde
Premiere of the Film “Ju/'Hoansi – Guardians of Their Culture” in Tangermünde
On 4 September 2025, the documentary “Ju/'Hoansi – Guardians of Their Culture” by Franka Fischer and Henning Kopp celebrated its premiere – at a very special location: Tangermünde, the founding place of the LCFN....
21 May 2025
Meeting in Grashoek: Controversy between Ju/'Hoansi and !Kung
Meeting in Grashoek: Controversy between Ju/'Hoansi and !Kung
Meeting Grashoek Ju/’Hoansi Living Museum 23.05. & 24.05.2025 Kathrin Dürrschmidt On Sunday, 18.05.2025 morning I received a phone call from the manager of the Ju/’Hoansi Living Museum, Apollo, informing me that the police arrived in Grashoek tha...
21 May 2025
Statement on the incident at the Ju/'Hoansi Living Museum: Alleged photographing of naked underage girls and boys by a tourist
Statement on the incident at the Ju/'Hoansi Living Museum: Alleged photographing of naked underage girls and boys by a tourist
The Living Culture Foundation Namibia (LCFN), representative of the seven official Living Museums in Namibia, was informed on Sunday by the manager of the Living Museum in Grashoek about the incident in which a visitor to the Ju/'Hoansi Living Museum...
07 January 2025
20th anniversary of the Living Museum in Grashoek
20th anniversary of the Living Museum in Grashoek
Incredible but true! The Living Museum in Grashoek, Namibia’s first Living Museum, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024. For this occasion, we organized a small commemorative event in December 2024 together with Carsten Möhle from Bwana Tucke-Tuck...
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