Namibian National Museum
| Data | |
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| place | Windhoek |
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| opening | 1990 |
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The Namibian National Museum ( English National Museum of Namibia ) is a museum in Namibia . It is a state-sponsored cultural and research institution with both state and private research contracts. The National Museum of Namibia is headquartered on Robert Mugabe Avenue in the Central district of Windhoek , in the former building of the Imperial Realschule , opposite the Alte Feste.
It goes back to the "Landesmuseum" founded by the German colonial administration in 1907; it was renamed "Staatsmuseum" in 1957 and was given its current name in 1994.
It is housed in two locations:
- " Alte-Feste -Museum" with the historical and national history exhibition - since the end of 2014 without exhibits
- " Owela Museum" with the natural science and zoological exhibition
The nearby Independence Memorial Museum is a national museum, but is not called the National Museum .
Alte Feste Museum
Owela Museum
With 1.5 million zoological specimens and 4120 works of art, the Owela Museum maintains the most extensive collections and research departments on the geological and zoological wealth of the country; including among others:
- Arachnology and myriapodology ,
- Entomology ,
- Herpetology ,
- Ichthyology ,
- Mammalogy and
- Ornithology ; as well as social science departments such as:
- Archeology ,
- Anthropology and
- Modern history .
See also
literature
- Antje Otto-Reiner: From Landesmuseum to National Museum of Namibia. The National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek 2007.
Web links
- National Museum on the website of the Museums Association of Namibia (English)
- Official website (English) ( Memento of 2 January 2006 at the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 22 ° 33 ′ 50 ″ S , 17 ° 5 ′ 9 ″ E