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Swaziland National Museum

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👍 Nice small museum, entrance fee is R100 for foreigners. They will offer to guide you through the museum for no extra cost. I did not choose this option as I enjoy taking my time and reading every display. There is a small gift shop selling fresh popcorn and you can also purchase a ticket here to go... People often mention museum, history, small, interesting,


Address

H635+825, Lobamba, Eswatini

Website

entc.org.sz

Contact

+268 2416 1179

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (68 reviews)


Working Hours

  • Sunday: 10 AM to 3:30 PM
  • Monday: 8 AM to 4 PM
  • Tuesday: 8 AM to 4 PM
  • Wednesday: 8 AM to 4 PM
  • Thursday: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
  • Friday: 8 AM to 4 PM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 3:30 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: museum (12) history (9) small (7) interesting (6)
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  • 5/5 Bernhard S. 2 years ago on Google • 41 reviews
    The museum overall was very informative. Especially the part about the history of eswatini. Keep an eye on the opening hours but although we arrived approximately 1 hours early the guard let us in anyway.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Angela A. 3 months ago on Google • 17 reviews New
    Nice small museum, entrance fee is R100 for foreigners. They will offer to guide you through the museum for no extra cost. I did not choose this option as I enjoy taking my time and reading every display. There is a small gift shop selling fresh popcorn and you can also purchase a ticket here to go inside the gated park in front of the museum.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 khethiwe G. 1 year ago on Google • 153 reviews
    Great place to visit when in swaziland, very quite not busy. Great staff and they explain everything in details i recommend that someone accompanies you to explain the history of all the items makes it very interesting. Space is small very quick walk through. Very nice art on the animal side.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Funwako Bakhile D. 2 years ago on Google • 73 reviews
    This is an excellent display of the rich history of the Kingdom of Eswatini.🇸🇿 The entrance fee (for locals) was E30 (R30) including the entrance into the King Sobhuza Memorial Park.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 H. Avni A. 2 years ago on Google • 196 reviews
    This is an excellent museum to get a general feel about the culture and life of the Swazi people. Their rich history, heritage and traditions are perfectly laid out and explained in the numerous displays and posters. Highly recommended.

  • 4/5 yolanda l. 10 months ago on Google • 186 reviews
    Wonderfull tour guide. Amazing history. Delapidated building. Not well kept. Still worth the visit

  • 2/5 Paul E. 5 years ago on Google • 157 reviews
    It is very very poorly maintained and the toilets are appalling!! For a National Heritage sight the KING of Eswatini should really look into it!! We love visiting Swaziland and their peoples but THIS is a disgrace to vjsit!!

  • 1/5 Jan Z. 9 months ago on Google • 149 reviews
    Niet veel aan. Kan je gerust overslaan

  • 5/5 kazi a. 2 years ago on Google
    It's small museum, but nice history and culture and animals life. Receptionist are helping us as a tour guide.she nicely show around and explain everything.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Hiranmayi B. 5 years ago on Google • 77 reviews
    timings of the national museum are Saturday and sunday 10am -4 pm. Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm.

  • 3/5 Lindiwe S. 5 years ago on Google • 75 reviews
    It gave me a bit of insight into my heritage .The staff showing us around looked very disinterested and tired. Some parts of the museum like the car showroom can be upgraded. Cars had a flat tyre and not polished.

  • 2/5 Tsemach P. 10 months ago on Google • 72 reviews
    There are very few things to see. It's not impressive at all.

  • 4/5 Teale B. 10 months ago on Google • 27 reviews
    Neat place to experience Swaizland culture.

  • 4/5 Alex v. 1 year ago on Google • 23 reviews
    The museum itself is quite small. The exhibit with the pictures from 1880 untill today was quite fascinating!

  • 3/5 Andrea C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Unfortunately it is not very nice, a little more care and it would be an interesting place. (Original) Purtroppo non è molto curato, un po' di cura in più e sarebbe un posto interessante.

  • 4/5 Aaron D M. 5 years ago on Google
    Good place to make a turn

  • 5/5 Phale N. 6 years ago on Google
    You get more history about Swaziland

  • 5/5 franz v. 5 years ago on Google
    Educational

  • 5/5 O T. 1 year ago on Google
    This is a must visit place. The people are fantastic and the location is beautiful

  • 4/5 Marcelo C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The exhibition was very interesting and the employee who attended us was super friendly and helpful. I believe I could be better taken care of, some things there haven't been cleaned in a while. Some rooms smell like mold. (Original) Muito interessante a exposição e a funcionária que nos atendeu foi super simpática e prestativa. Acredito que poderia estar melhor cuidado, algumas coisas ali não recebem uma limpeza há tempos. Algumas salas cheiram a mofo.

  • 3/5 Stijn V. 1 year ago on Google • 6 reviews
    More like 3.5 stars. Its small but tells enough to spend around an hour in the museum! Nice thing to do in your afternoon

  • 4/5 Lois S. 1 year ago on Google
    Interesting place to learn a bit about Swazi history and culture. The guide was very helpful.

  • 5/5 thabo m. 2 years ago on Google
    Impressive traditional Swazi museum

  • 4/5 黃惠芳 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful scenery, can understand the folk customs of Swadani (Original) 風景美,能了解史瓦帝尼的民俗風情

  • 4/5 Dacod M. 5 years ago on Google
    Wide range of historical tools and artefacts. Great curation of historical timeline. Unnerving linguistic discrepancies between Siswati and English texts but all in all a must see.

  • 4/5 Naledi N. 5 years ago on Google
    It was interesting to see how similar the culture is with Isizulu. Wonderful experience

  • 5/5 zanele M. 4 years ago on Google
    Lovely place

  • 5/5 David D. 4 years ago on Google
    😉

  • 3/5 Ben H. 2 years ago on Google
    Small for a museum but still got some interesting stuff

  • 5/5 Mzamo P. 4 years ago on Google
    It's an amazing place. The traditional Siswati home is intriguing part of the meusum.

  • 3/5 paul a. 4 years ago on Google
    A small National Museum with cultural theme in the main gallery & some interesting cultural displays.

  • 5/5 themba d. 4 years ago on Google
    A must visit place when you ae in Swaziland to learn about the history of the Swati people


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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