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National Museum of the American Indian

The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the group of museums and research centers.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
  • Also known as: “Army Medical Museum”, “National Native American Museum”, “NMAI”, “Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian”, “Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian”, and “Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Address: Independence Avenue Southwest
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 1,500 feet northwest of National Museum of the American Indian.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 2,200 feet east of National Museum of the American Indian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and East End.

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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.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

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The is just south of the . In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

National Museum of the American Indian

Latitude
38.88819° or 38° 53′ 18″ north
Longitude
-77.01656° or 77° 0′ 60″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Levels
5
Height
138 feet (42 metres)
Operator
Smithsonian Institution
Open location code
87C4VXQM+79
Open­Street­Map ID
way 66418605
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4139755
Wiki­data ID
Q1075141
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“National Museum of the American Indian” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ամերիկյան հնդկացիների ազգային թանգարան”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальны музэй амэрыканскіх індзейцаў”
  • Catalan: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Chinese: “印第安館”
  • Chinese: “史密森尼印第安人博物館”
  • Chinese: “國立美國印第安人博物館”
  • Chinese: “國立美洲印地安人博物館”
  • Chinese: “美国国家印第安人博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美國印第安國家博物館”
  • Chinese: “美國國家印第安人博物館”
  • Chinese: “美國國立原住民博物館”
  • Dutch: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de la Indiano”
  • Finnish: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • French: “Musée national des Indiens d’Amérique”
  • French: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Georgian: “ამერიკელი ინდიელების ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • German: “Nationales Museum der Indianer”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum der Indianer”
  • German: “NMAI”
  • Greek: “Εθνικό Μουσείο των Αμερικανών Ινδιάνων”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון האינדיאנים הלאומי”
  • Hindi: “अमेरिकी-इंडियन का राष्ट्रीय संग्रहालय”
  • Italian: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Japanese: “NMAI”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ・インディアン博物館”
  • Japanese: “アメリカン・インディアン博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立アメリカ・インディアン博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立アメリカン・インディアン博物館”
  • Korean: “국립 아메리카 인디언 박물관”
  • Korean: “아메리카 인디언 국립박물관”
  • Lithuanian: “Nacionalinis Amerikos indėnų muziejus”
  • Northern Sami: “Amerihká eamiálbmogiid álbmotmusea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Norwegian: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی سرخپوستان آمریکا”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی سرخپوستان ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی سرخ‌پوستان ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ ملی سرخپوستان ایالات متحدهٔ آمریکا”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی سرخپوستان ایالات متحده امریکا”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی سرخپوستان ایالات متحده”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Indian Amerykańskich”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe Indian”
  • Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Indian Amerykańskich”
  • Polish: “NMAI”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional do Índio Americano”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Naţional al Indienilor Americani”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Național al Indienilor Americani”
  • Romanian: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей американских индейцев”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Historia India”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de los Indios Americanos”
  • Swedish: “National Museum of the American Indian”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей американських індіанців”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل میوزیم آف دی امریکن انڈین”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیشنل میوزیم آف دی امریکن انڈین”

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