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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  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 feet (3 metres)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by Smithsonian Institution
  • …stands 138 feet (42 metres) tall
  • …has 5 floors
  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM–5:30 PM
  • Description: museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
  • Address: Independence Avenue Southwest
  • 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”
    “Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Capitol Hill.
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National Museum of the American Indian

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Latitude
38.88819° or 38° 53′ 18″ north
Longitude
-77.01656° or 77° 0′ 60″ west
Open location code
87C4VXQM+79
Open­Street­Map ID
way 66418605
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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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