National Museum of Military History
The Museum of the Armed Forces is located in Fortaleza de São Miguel de Luanda, in the Ingombota District of Luanda, Angola. Founded in 1975, following the independence of Angola, the museum includes bi-motor airplanes, combat vehicles, and diverse arms and artifacts used during the Angolan War of Independence, the South African Border War, and the Angolan Civil War.- Type: Museum
- Description: military museum
- Also known as: “Museum of the Armed Forces”
- Address: Luanda
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fortress of São Miguel and Coqueiros Municipal Stadium.
Fortress of São Miguel
Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.
Fortaleza de São Miguel or Saint Michael Fortress was a Portuguese fortress built in 1576 in the Ingombota District of Luanda, Angola. During Dutch rule in Angola between 1641 and 1648, the fort was known as Fort Aardenburgh. Fortress of São Miguel is situated 160 metres north of National Museum of Military History.
Coqueiros Municipal Stadium
Stadium
Estádio dos Coqueiros is a multi-use stadium in Luanda, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Benfica de Luanda and Kabuscorp. Coqueiros Municipal Stadium is situated 640 metres southeast of National Museum of Military History.
National Anthropology Museum
Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The Museu Nacional de Antropologia is an anthropological museum in the Ingombota District of the city of Luanda, Angola. Founded on 13 November 1976, it is a cultural and scientific institution, dedicated to the collection, research, conservation, presentation and dissemination of the Angolan cultural heritage. National Anthropology Museum is situated 690 metres southeast of National Museum of Military History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maianga and Samba.
Maianga
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maianga is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the province of Luanda, Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts.
Samba
Suburb
Photo: Rogério Melo, CC BY 3.0.
Samba is one of the 17 municipalities that make up the Luanda Province, Angola. The municipality had a population of 364,986 in 2024. Samba is situated 3½ km south of National Museum of Military History.
Luanda
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luanda, the capital of Angola, is on the Atlantic coast. Its current renaissance is an inspiring success story. Decades of conflict, which only ended in 2002, had long held Angola back.
National Museum of Military History
- Categories: military museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Luanda Province, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-8.80916° or 8° 48′ 33″ southLongitude
13.2234° or 13° 13′ 24″ eastOpen location code
6F3M56RF+89OpenStreetMap ID
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Q868147
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swahili—“National Museum of Military History” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu de les Forces Armades d’Angola”
- Chinese: “軍事博物館”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Museum voor Militaire Geschiedenis”
- French: “Musée National d’histoire militaire”
- German: “Nationales Museum für Militärgeschichte”
- German: “Nationalmuseum für Militärgeschichte (Angola)”
- German: “Nationalmuseum für Militärgeschichte”
- Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi na Sojoji (Angola)”
- Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi na Sojoji”
- Italian: “Museo Nazionale di Storia Militare”
- Japanese: “国立軍事し博物館”
- Korean: “군사박물관”
- Korean: “앙골라 군사박물관”
- Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Historii Wojskowej”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de São Miguel”
- Portuguese: “Museu das Forças Armadas”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de História Militar”
- Russian: “Национальный Музей Военной Истории”
- Spanish: “Museo de las Fuerzas Armadas”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Historia Militar”
- Spanish: “Museu das Forcas Armadas”
- Spanish: “Museu das Forças Armadas”
- Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Majeshi (Angola)”
- Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Majeshi”
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