Tues-Sun and holidays 08.30-15.30. Mon, 1 Jan, 1 May and 25 Dec closed. Free entry on Sun. The museum contains a large collection of insects, started at the beginning of the 19th century, as well as several rare and extremely precious items including two elephant teeth each weighing 65 kg, a large collection of elephant embryos and foetuses, one of the most important examples of a Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), a black and a white rhinoceros (the latter is almost extinct in Mozambique) and a collection representing all the fauna in the country.

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Address Praça da Travessia do Zambeze, 104
Phone number 00258(0)21491145

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Natural History Museum

Praça da Travessia do Zambeze, 104

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