Chichiri Museum, National history museum in Blantyre, Malawi

Chichiri Museum is a national history museum in Blantyre housing indoor galleries with artifacts spanning different periods of Malawi's past. The site includes both covered exhibition spaces and an open-air section where vehicles and transportation equipment are on display.

The museum was established in 1965 with support from private foundations and government funding, opening to the public in 1966. This creation occurred during a period when Malawi was solidifying its identity following independence.

The outdoor section holds a Ndiwula hut built in 1966 on the instructions of President Kamuzu Banda, arranged as a Chewa rural homestead. Nearby stand a steam engine, a fire engine and a bus once reserved for Europeans only. The museum also runs mobile education programmes that reach schools in rural districts.

The museum stands on Chichiri Hill along the Kamuzu Highway in Blantyre. Exhibits are split between indoor galleries and an outdoor yard holding the transport collection and the Ndiwula hut, so allow time to walk between them. The museum also runs mobile education programmes that reach schools in rural areas.

The Machinga Meteorite, displayed at the museum, fell in 1981 and was initially mistaken for a missile from Mozambique. It weighs 93.2 kg and was classified in 1984 as a shocked L6c chondrite, then reclassified in 1990 as L6d.