Stone Town - Peace Memorial Museum Beit el-Amani

Beit el-Amani is housed in two buildings that are within one block of each other. Just after World War I the Peace Memorial Museum served as a memorial for those lost in that conflict. Now it serves as a museum with many interesting artifacts including traditional crafts and household items from residents of Zanzibar. Exhibits also include items from the sultans, slave traders, European explorers and missionaries. Displays in the domed main building feature David Livingstone's medical chest, information about the harvesting of cloves and the story of the battleship, the Konigsberg, which sunk during World War I.