Entebbe Geological Survey Museum

Museum located in the Wakiso District of Central Uganda, specialized to exhibit different samples found in various nature reserves around the country.
Entebbe Geological Survey Museum
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Type: Archeological Museum
Country:
Uganda

The Entebbe Geological Survey Museum is an archaeological museum located in Wakiso District, Central Uganda, dedicated to exhibiting minerals and archaeological finds found in different nature reserves in the country.

History

The Geological Survey of Uganda began to establish during August 1918. During 1925, the organization moved to facilities near the Entebbe pier, which included a museum designed to store minerals.[1] During the procterate era of Uganda, the museum received collections of stone tools found in the Nile and Kagera rivers.[2] In the 1980s, during the period of the Ugandan civil war, part of the museum's exhibits were stolen, including iron, gold and copper.

Collections

The museum presents exhibits about the first pluvial Pleistocene period within the African continent.[3] The museum contains stone artifacts found in excavations carried out in the Mwitanzige, Rwitanzigye and Katunguru Lakes,[Note 1]Alternatively, these lakes are also known by their exonym names, which are Albert, Edward and George. in addition to materials found in the valleys along the Kafu and Hindagi rivers.[4]

In addition, the museum also contains stones found within the meteorite fall that the Hoima district experienced during March 2003.[5] Part of the collection includes samples of siltstone found in the cliff sections of Uganda[6]

Notes

  1. Alternatively, these lakes are also known by their exonym names, which are Albert, Edward and George.

References

  1. Dixey, F., Dunham, K. C., & Wells, M. K. (1958). Colonial Geological Surveys, 1947-56: A Review of Progress During the Past Ten Years. H.M. Stationery Office. (Page 32)

  2. Anual Report from South Africa Archaeological Bureau. (1952). (Page 9) (In English & Afrikaans)

  3. Memoir—Geological Survey of Uganda. (1952) Edition 6th & Part 2 (Page 104)

  4. Memoir—Geological Survey of Uganda. (1952) Edition 6th & Part 2 (Page 18)

  5. Greshake, A., Reimold, W. U., Tuhumwire, J. T., Baguma, Z., & De Villiers, M. E. (2006). The fall of Hoima, an H6 chondrite from Uganda. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 41(S8), A239–A242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb01000.x

  6. Schlueter, Th., Pico-Olarker, G., & Kreuser, Th. (1993). A review of some neglected Karoo grabens of Uganda. Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East), 17(4), 415–428. https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(93)90001-7

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