Zonal Anthropological Museum was established in the year 1975. Located at the Phoenix Bay, this is a museum which displays artefacts of the Negroid tribes- the earliest inhabitants of the Andaman Islands along with two Mongloid tribes of the Nicobar Islands. The museum has a huge collection of rare articles which include handicrafts, tools, arts and crafts, implements, photographs, etc which describes the life of the era. There are some more articles which display the cultural belief and traditions of the tribe.

Andaman and Nicobar Island was mainly inhabited by the four types of Negroid tribes among which Orenge, Sentinelese, Jarawas and Andamanese are most commonly found. These inhabited the land from pre historic age that led a life of Nomadic in the region. Their nomadic lifestyle has been nicely displayed in the Zonal Anthropological museum. Along with this Andaman and Nicobar Island was also inhabited by two types of Mongoloid tribes who mainly centred in the Nicobar Islands. These are the Shompens and the Nicobarese.

. Zonal Anthropological Museum along with the articles also has wide variety of photographs taken in different period. These describe the structure of the houses, utensils, ornaments and day to day goods of these tribes which throw some light on their lifestyle. Presently it exhibits some rare artefacts of the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands which are nearly 500 in number, 75 photographs and 5 maps and charts. People who are interested to visit the museum may visit the museum between 9am to 12:30pm and 1pm to 4:30pm. The museum is open for the tourists through out the year except on Mondays and Tuesdays when it remain closed.

Thus with some rare photographs and artefacts this museum is one of the most rare museums of the Island. It not only describes the life style of the nomadic tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Island but also defines their stage by stage development till the present age which excites the tourists who visit the place with a lot of enthusiasm.