Profile – The National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe
Profile – The institution now known as the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe began in 1901 as the Rhodesia Museum in Bulawayo, founded jointly by the Rhodesia Scientific Association and the Rhodesia Chamber of Mines, with geologist F. P. Mennell as its first curator. Its focus was initially economic geology, reflecting the priorities of the mining interests behind its founding, though its collecting scope broadened considerably over the following decades.