Zogam Tribal Museum

Zogam Tribal Museum in Lamka town of Manipur’s Churachandpur district was opened 20 years ago with the aim of preserving tools used by the descendants of the Zo people. It is the first Zogam museum and the only one with recreational activities. The Zo people are a Tibeto-Burman tribe inhabiting India’s north-eastern states, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

The museum houses various artefacts, tools and pictures from the Zogam culture. It has a telescope used by Watkin Roberts, a Welsh missionary who, as one of the first Christian missionaries in the region, was responsible for conversion of the locals into the Christian faith. The museum also has a leather cannon used during an uprising against British. It has a collection of pictures depicting in-fighting within the tribe. It also has a collection of various currencies used by the Zo people. The museum is run by Zogam Art and Cultural Development Authority.