The Moto-Moto Museum is themed as a Cultural History Museum. The museum is in a town called Mbala which is located in the Northern Province of Zambia. The history of the museum dates back to the 1940s when Catholic priest called Jean Jacques Corbel, a Canadian missionary, collected cultural artifacts of the people of Northern Province. He collected the artifacts for study and preservation for posterity. The museum itself was officially opened in 1974 and it became a national museum under the National Museums Board. The Museum was named after a Catholic Bishop, Joseph DuPont. He was nicknamed motomoto due to his smoking habit.
The museum has three major research sections which are Archaeology, Ethnography and History. Like in all other museums, the sections are headed by keepers. The Archaeology section houses collections from the early Stone Age period to the Iron Age period. Ethnography section houses artifacts which represent the life of the people of Northern Province while the History section has a collection representing the political and social history of the people of Northern Province. The education department of the museum is very active. It has initiated many programmes with the community over several years. Lectures and video shows are usually given to schools visiting the museum