National Museum of African Art
The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes.Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum about African Art located in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
- Also known as: “AFA”, “Frederick Douglass Townhouse”, “Museum of African Art”, “NMAfA”, “NMAFA”, and “SINMAFA”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
United States Capitol
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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 2,200 feet west of National Museum of African Art.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe. Folger Shakespeare Library is situated 780 feet southwest of National Museum of African Art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and NoMa.
Capitol Hill
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Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
NoMa
Neighborhood
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NoMa is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.
Hill East
Neighborhood
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Hill East is a residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. located in the Southeast quadrant of the city. It is bounded by the Kingman Park neighborhood at C Street to the north, by the Anacostia River to the east and south, and by Capitol Hill at 15th Street to the west.
National Museum of African Art
- Categories: art museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“National Museum of African Art” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للفن الأفريقي”
- Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للفن الإفريقي”
- Armenian: “Աֆրիկական արվեստի ազգային թանգարան”
- Asturian: “Muséu Nacional d’Arte Africano”
- Catalan: “National Museum of African Art”
- Chinese: “国立非洲艺术博物馆”
- Chinese: “國立非洲藝術博物館”
- Chinese: “美國史密森尼非洲藝術館”
- Chinese: “非洲藝術館”
- Dutch: “National Museum of African Art”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للفن الافريقى”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Afrika Arto”
- French: “AFA”
- French: “musée national d’art africain”
- French: “Musée national d’Art africain”
- French: “National Museum of African Art”
- Georgian: “აფრიკული ხელოვნების ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
- German: “National Museum of African Art”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי לאמנות אפריקאית”
- Igbo: “AFA”
- Igbo: “Museum of African Art”
- Igbo: “National Museum of African Art”
- Igbo: “NMAfA”
- Igbo: “NMAFA”
- Igbo: “SINMAFA”
- Italian: “AFA”
- Italian: “National Museum of African Art”
- Japanese: “国立アフリカ美術館”
- Korean: “국립 아프리카 미술관”
- Lithuanian: “Nacionalinis Afrikos meno muziejus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “National Museum of African Art”
- Persian: “موزه ملی هنر آفریقا”
- Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Sztuki Afrykańskiej”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Arte Africana”
- Russian: “Национальный музей африканского искусства”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Arte Africano”
- Swedish: “National Museum of African Art”
- Ukrainian: “Національний музей африканського мистецтва”
- Urdu: “نیشنل میوزیم آف افریقن آرٹ”
- Western Panjabi: “نیشنل میوزیم آف افریقن آرٹ”
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