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.