German Boma — Attraction in Arusha

Overpriced. 12000 each. The botanical garden is dirty, filled with weeds, and not taken care of. The animals there are very poorly kept. The displays are poorly curated, mostly just photos of animals. The "art gallery" is basically a market for overpriced ethnic trinkets. The actually section related to Boma is very bad. It doesn't teach you anything about colonialism and the German presense in Arusha. I found it sympathetic to the colonizers and disrespectful to the victims of colonialism. There is no Tanzanians represented in the whole thing. The whole experience felt like a disingenuous attempt to swindle tourist out of money. Do...

The Building is definitely historical and has different sections but the maintaince of the building and exhibitions could do with some more investment/upkeep.

The photography exhibition on the tribes and the wildlife is extensive. Its a good introduction of the different tribes in Tanzania. The natural history museum section is cool to see but its a bit cramped together.

Overall its a good place to go to get some overview. I did however feel that the area dealing with colonial history seemed to represent a one sided sentiment the positivity of...

The museum itself was cute (especially Tom the turtle) and gave some information on the archeological findings in the Ngorongoro regions, something the Tanzanians seem to be proud of. Also the prepared animals were impressive. What we found strange is that all photographs were taken by a Swedish muzungu. Also we didn't like that we were just accompanied by a guide we didn't ask for and that we had to pass the 'traditional arts' section which is just another...