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

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...
16 September 2024
Infrastructure project completed at Mbunza Living Museum
Infrastructure project completed at Mbunza Living Museum
In the Mbunza Living Museum, another major infrastructure project financed by our association was completed in September 2024. The Living Culture Foundation Namibia helped setting up a small campsite including a shower and toilet for travelers who vi...
20 November 2023
Traditional, intercultural workshop of all 7 living museums
Traditional, intercultural workshop of all 7 living museums
During the last project tour, the idea of a traditional workshop at the Mbunza Living Museum came about. The aim of the workshop was to improve traditional craft techniques that originally played a role in the respective traditional cultures and are ...
04 October 2023
Living Museum Workshop 2023
Living Museum Workshop 2023
The Living Culture Foundation Namibia is organizing a traditional workshop and music festival for all Living Museums from Monday, October 30, 2023 to Friday, November 3, 2023. The workshop will take place at the Mbunza Living Museum, approximately 15...
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