Only a few of the Dominant tribes are represented at the museum as there are way too many tribes (over 130) in the country to successfully build a house for each at the site, let alone maintain them. Such a site would also takes days to completely tour. Those listed include:
Bena, Chagga, Fipa, Gogo, Haya, Hehe, Iraqw, Kwere, Makua, Mwera, Ngoni, Nyakyusa, Sukuma, Yao, Zanaki and Zaramo
What to do there?
Learn about the lifestyles and traditions of the many tribes that live in Tanzania today, including the types of houses that they live in and tools used. Most of what you would find at the museum is still being used today, by their respective people in rural areas. Thus, with a good memory or a photograph, you should be able to tell which tribe lives inside which house, when you see it.
Inside each house are some of the tools that you would find being used by these tribes, including stoves, spears, bows, arrows as well as cooking and drinking equipment. So feel free to try using some and get a feel of the day to day lifestyles of Tanzanian rural tribes, or take a photo or both. There also are cards next to the houses and equipment that explain further their use, history and customs of their people but if you are not up to the extra reading, you still could get somebody to give you a guided tour for an extra fee.
When done, there also is a wide array of souvenirs that you could actually take home with you, from hand made jewellery and clothes near the main gate, to miniature houses to decorate your home with.