National Museum of Mauritania
 Main entrance to the National Museum of Mauritania |
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Archaeological and ethnographic collection of different periods in the history of Mauritania
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The National Museum of Mauritania or the National Museum of Nouakchott ( French Musée National de Nouakchott ) in Mauritania has an archaeological and ethnographic collection.
Museum building
Housed in a two-story building constructed in 1972 by a Chinese company, the National Museum also houses the Mauritanian Institute for Scientific Research , the Center for the Preservation of Mauritanian Manuscripts, and the National Library of Mauritania . The museum was opened in 1972 in the presence of the then President Moktar Ould Daddah . It consists of two exhibition rooms and an additional room for temporary exhibitions.
A circle of friends, the Association des Amis de l'Office Nationale des Musées, exists to support these and other institutions .
Collections
- The archaeological collection (200 square meters) on the ground floor displays objects from the Moustérien , Atérien and Neolithic ages, as well as holdings from excavations carried out in several historic cities in Mauritania, including Koumbi Saleh , Aoudaghost , Tichit , Ouadane and Azougui .
- The ethnographic collection (400 square meters) on the first floor contains objects from different cultures of Mauritanian society.
- The art collection shows sculptures by Mauritanian and foreign artists.
- Photographs and postal history certificates are exhibited in two other areas.
gallery
Polished slate tools of the Tichitt culture
Epigraphic slate from Koumbi Saleh
Small adobe statues
Arab scales from the Sahel , 10th century
Web links
- National Museum of Mauritania . MoMAA, Museum of Modern African Art, Amsterdam, October 1, 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Office Nationale des Musées: Présentation du Musée National de Nouakchott . on www.smlms.mr (French)
- Jump up ↑ Jeroen van Bergeijk: My Mercedes is not for sale: from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou: an auto-misadventure across the Sahara . Random House Digital, Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-0-7679-2869-4 , p. 104.
- ^ Office Nationale des Musées: Historique du Musée National . on www.smlms.mr (French)
- ^ Office Nationale des Musées: Les amis du Musée . on www.smlms.mr (French)
Coordinates: 18 ° 5 ′ 8 ″ N , 15 ° 58 ′ 29 ″ W.