Cultural and Museum Centre Karonga

The Cultural & Museum Centre Karonga provides facilities for research on and promotion for rich natural heritage of Northern Malawi comprises sediments and fossil remains from the Permo-Triassic (Therapsids), the Jurassic-Cretaceous (Dinosaurs, early mammals) and the Plio-Pleistocene Periods (Hominids).

A walk through the CMCK.

the museum

The project was mainly initiated by Karonga community and members of the Hominid Corridor Research Project, who conducted research in the fields of Geology, Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology of Karonga District. The Cultural and Museum Centre Karonga with some 20 employees and volunteers, comprises an exhibition area, a research centre, and a palaeoanthropological field station at Malema with training and research facilities.

Living legends at the Cultural and Museum Centre Karonga.

Status quo

The centre was constructed through EU funding and opened in November 2004. A cultural centre with an amphitheatre have opened in 2014. Malema Camp (for field schools, workshops seminars) and the Museum serve as a unique platform for international and national scientists in the field of Palaeontology, Palaeoanthropology, Archaeology, Mammalogy and Ornithology, and the exploration of Malawi’s unique cultural and natural heritage. Excavations and field projects are undertaken jointly by African and non-African Partners.

A nice little discussion about a dinosaur.

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New York University College of Dentistry Senckenberg Research Institute

Dr. Timothy G. Bromage

Hard Tissue Research Unit

Department of Biomaterials & Biomimetics

New York University College of Dentistry

345 East 24th Street

New York, NY  10010-4086

USA

Dr. Friedemann Schrenk

Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

Sektion Paläoanthropologie

Senckenberganlage 25

60325 Frankfurt

Deutschland

 

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The Cultural & Museum Centre Karonga provides facilities for research on and promotion for rich natural heritage of Northern Malawi comprises sediments and fossil remains from the Permo-Triassic (Therapsids), the Jurassic-Cretaceous (Dinosaurs, early mammals) and the Plio-Pleistocene Periods (Hominids).

The project was mainly initiated by Karonga community and members of the Hominid Corridor Research Project, who conducted research in the fields of Geology, Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology of Karonga District. The Cultural and Museum Centre Karonga with some 20 employees and volunteers, comprises an exhibition area, a research centre, and a palaeoanthropological field station at Malema with training and research facilities.

The centre was constructed through EU funding and opened in November 2004. A cultural centre with an amphitheatre have opened in 2014. Malema Camp (for field schools, workshops seminars) and the Museum serve as a unique platform for international and national scientists in the field of Palaeontology, Palaeoanthropology, Archaeology, Mammalogy and Ornithology, and the exploration of Malawi’s unique cultural and natural heritage. Excavations and field projects are undertaken jointly by African and non-African Partners.

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