The Living Museum of Bujumbura (french: Musée Vivant de Bujumbura) is a

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in Burundi. The museum is located in Bujumbura, the country's largest city and former capital, and is one of the country's two public museums. It is dedicated to the

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of Burundi. The museum was founded in 1977 and occupies a park on the rue du 13 Octobre in downtown Bujumbura. In December 2016, the zoo's collection included six crocodiles, one monkey, one leopard, two chimpanzees, three

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, an antelope, and a number of

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s and fish. A number of Burundian craftsmen also have workshops on the museum's premises. Several different types of trees stand in the park, alongside a reconstruction of a traditional Burundian house (''rugo''). The number of visitors to the museum fell sharply in the aftermath of the 2015 Burundian unrest, following a wider decline in the number of tourists to the country.

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Le Musée Vivant (Bujumbura)
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