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National War Museum

The National War Museum is a museum in in the city of , . It is one of the most popular museums in Malta. From 1975 to 2014, its collection mainly focused on World War I and World War II.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    December 24th—December 25th: closed
    December 31st—January 1st: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: military museum in Valletta, Malta
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Anne, Fort St Elmo and Mediterranean Conference Centre.

Church
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The Church of St Anne is a former Roman Catholic church located in in , . It was built in the 1720s and it was deconsecrated while the fort was controlled by the British military.

Convention center
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The is a conference centre in , . The building was built as a in the 16th century by the Order of St. is situated 330 metres south of National War Museum.

Library
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The of Malta, often known as the Bibliotheca, is a reference library in , , Malta. It was founded by Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc in 1776 out of the collections of the knight Louis Guérin de Tencin. is situated 630 metres southwest of National War Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Floriana Granaries and Floriana.

Locality
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is a locality.

Town
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, also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of , just outside the capital city . It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014.

Town
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, also known by its title Città Vittoriosa, is an old fortified city on the south side of the in the Port Region of . The city occupies a promontory of land with Fort Saint Angelo at its head and the city of at its base.

National War Museum

Latitude
35.90197° or 35° 54′ 7″ north
Longitude
14.51874° or 14° 31′ 8″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8F7PWG29+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5304879821
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
10282195
Wiki­data ID
Q6979344
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Serbian—“National War Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الحرب الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Պատերազմի ազգային թանգարան (Մալթա)”
  • Armenian: “Պատերազմի ազգային թանգարան”
  • Chinese: “国立战争博物馆”
  • Czech: “National War Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الحرب الوطنى”
  • French: “musée national de la guerre”
  • French: “Musée national de la guerre”
  • German: “National War Museum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Perang Nasional”
  • Japanese: “国立戦争博物館”
  • Javanese: “Museum Perang Nasional”
  • Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Wojny w Valletcie”
  • Serbian: “Национални војни музеј (Малта)”
  • Serbian: “Национални војни музеј”

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