Travel Reference
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Sights & Activities
CHURCH
CCAP Church
Blantyre's most magnificent building is this red-brick church, officially called St Michael
& All Angels Church. The original church was a simple affair, built by Scottish mission-
ary Reverend DC Scott in 1882. In 1888 the missionaries started work on a new, more im-
pressive church with elaborate brickwork moulded into arches, buttresses, columns and
towers, topped with a grand basilica dome.
National Museum
(Kasungu Cres; admission MK200; 7.30am-5pm)
Malawi's National Museum has a
couple of gems, including a royal ceremonial stool dating back to the 16th century, and a
fascinating display on Gule Wamkulu - an important traditional dance for the Chewa. Ly-
ing in the museum grounds are a number of beautiful, rusty relics of Malawi's bygone
transport age including an old locomotive dating back to 1904, a decrepit City of Blantyre
fire engine and an old Nyasaland Bus.
The museum is midway between Blantyre and Limbe, a 500m walk from the Chichiri
Shopping Mall. Take a minibus headed for Limbe and ask to be let off at the museum.
MUSEUM
