Ethnographic Museum

The Ethnographic Museum, formerly the National Museum of Rwanda, is a national museum in . It is located in . It is owned by Institute of National Museums of Rwanda.
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  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,664 metres (5,459 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “National Museum of Rwanda”
  • …is operated by Institute of National Museums of Rwanda
  • Description: national ethnographic museum in Butare, Rwanda
  • Also known as
    “Ingoro y’Umurage w’u Rwanda”
    “Inzu ndangamurage”
    “Musee National du Rwanda”
Photo: Antoinetorrens, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Huye Stadium and Butare Airport.

Stadium
Photo: Claude Nizeyimana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a multi-use in , . is situated 1 km southwest of Ethnographic Museum.

Aerodrome
is an airport in , .

Church
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The Our Lady of Wisdom or simply Cathedral of Butare… is situated 2 km south of Ethnographic Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butare and Save.

Photo: Pierre Galinier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Huye, is the third largest city of , located in the south.

Town
is a town and sector in . is situated 7 km north of Ethnographic Museum.

Ethnographic Museum

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Latitude
-2.58872° or 2° 35′ 19″ south
Longitude
29.74524° or 29° 44′ 43″ east
Open location code
6G9FCP6W+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 237255640
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
7016843
Wiki­data ID
Q2110810

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Ethnographic Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ազգագրական թանգարան (Բուտարե)”
  • Armenian: “Ազգագրական թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu etnogràfic de Ruanda”
  • French: “Musé national du Rwanda”
  • French: “musée ethnographique”
  • French: “Musée ethnographique”
  • French: “Musée Ethnographique”
  • French: “Musée National du Rwanda” (historical)
  • German: “Ethnographisches Museum (Ruanda)”
  • German: “Ethnographisches Museum”
  • Hausa: “Gidan kayan tarihi na Ethnographic (Rwanda)”
  • Hausa: “Gidan kayan tarihi na Ethnographic”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Etnografi”
  • Indonesian: “museum nasional rwanda”
  • Japanese: “ルワンダ国立美術館”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ingoro ndangamurage y’Imibereho y’abanyarwanda (Rwanda)”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ingoro ndangamurage y’Imibereho y’abanyarwanda”
  • Polish: “Etnograficzne Muzeum Narodowe”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe w Butare”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей Руанды”
  • Russian: “Этнографический музей в Бутаре”
  • Spanish: “Museo Etnográfico”
  • Spanish: “Museo nacional de Ruanda”
  • Swedish: “Ethnographic Museum”
  • Swedish: “Etnografiska museet”
  • Swedish: “National Museum of Rwanda”
  • Swedish: “Rwandas nationalmuseum”

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