Bulawayo s Museum of Natural History in Centenary Park merits at least half a day of exploration. One room is dedicated entirely to bugs.
Historical displays deal with both African and European cultures, arts and artifacts.
In one corner, an artificial mine emphasizes Zimbabwe's mineral wealth and explains extraction methods through the ages. There's also an extensive collection of rock and mineral specimens, with geological explanations of Zimbabwe's most prominent features. The museum is open from 9 am to 5 p.m. daily except Christmas and Good Friday. To tell the story of rail in Zimbabwe, the Railway Museum houses a collection of historic steam locomotives, old railway offices and buildings, passenger carriages and a model of an historic train station with period furnishings. It's open 9.30 am to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, and on weekends from 3 to 5 p.m. Rail buffs can also join the engineers in the steam locomotives in their shunting duties.