Lobito Ethnography Museum

It has more than 1,500 pieces, 50% of which belong to the Lunda-Tchokwe people.

Characterization:
Its reference date is October 28, 1969, when the first pillar was launched that ended up laying the foundation for what constitutes the museum today.
It has in its collection more than 1513 museum pieces and more than 50% of its collection , represents pieces from the Lunda Cokwe culture.
It has five intermediate technicians specializing in history and geography, and one senior technician in geography.

Emergence:
In 1966, a group of Portuguese lovers of Angolan arts and culture belonging to the former municipal council of the Municipality of Lobito, unanimously decided to purchase a building belonging to the Bank of Angola for the price of 500,000{directory}15{/directory} (five hundred thousand escudos) to be paid by two equal installments, intended for the installation of the Lobito Museum.
In 1970, the last installment was completed, leaving the building, located in Restinga, under the full responsibility of the Municipal Tourism Commission, which carried out intense cultural activities in the city of plastic arts, philatelics, numismatics, etc.;

This commission was chaired by Engineer António Vieira da Silva and Mr. Osvaldo Leal and supported by architect Francisco Castro Rodrigues.
With the emergence of the 25th of April in Portugal and the great transformations that followed in the former colonies in Africa, the successive flights of the Portuguese to Europe forced the closure of the museum from 1974 to 1976.
Its collection had been transferred to the former chamber under the custody of the architect Francisco Castro Rodrigues, thus safeguarding the important Angolan cultural heritage.

On 11 November 1978, it reopened to the public with the return of all cultural heritage under its custody.
Since then, the museum has continued its activities, receiving ethnological pieces from various parts of the country.
Their research work is stagnant due to lack of technical and financial resources.