Togo National Museum

Togo National Museum is the national of , located in the capital of . Founded in 1975, it features cultural and historical exhibits. The museum showcases artifacts dating back thousands of years, including musical instruments such as the xalam…
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Museum in Maritime, Togo
  • Also known as: “Musée National”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Independence Monument and Lomé Cathedral.

Monument
Photo: twohundred 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The in , the capital of , was built as a tribute to the country's independence from on 27 April 1960. It features a white bust of a woman holding up a cooking pot, in front of a silhouette of a figure holding up their arms as if they were breaking chains that shackled them together. is situated 230 metres west of Togo National Museum.

Church
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lomé, one of the seven Catholic church districts of . Built in just over a year by the German colonial authorities, it quickly became one of the iconic buildings of the new capital of Togo. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Togo National Museum.

School
Photo: Saliousoft, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a general education institution located in the N'Kafu district, Golfe 2 municipality, City of , . is situated 3 km northeast of Togo National Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lomé and Aflao.

Photo: Dominik Schwarz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . With a population of almost 2.2 million, the city is the economic and cultural center of the country. Around a quarter of the country's population lives here.

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is a coastal town in bordering . While east of the Togolese side of the border the city is the capital, Lome, the once-called "Pearl of West Africa", the Ghanaian town is a typical African border town built solely to service the movement of people and goods.

Town
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is a small town which is the capital of Ketu South Municipal, a district on the south-eastern corner of the of , next to the border town with . is situated 8 km southwest of Togo National Museum.

Togo National Museum

Latitude
6.13067° or 6° 7′ 50″ north
Longitude
1.21797° or 1° 13′ 5″ east
Open location code
6FR346J9+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1708434315
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1960688
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Spanish—“Togo National Museum” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “টোগো জাতীয় জাদুঘর”
  • Dutch: “Togo National Museum”
  • Finnish: “Togon kansallismuseo”
  • French: “musée national du Togo”
  • French: “Musée national du Togo”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum von Togo”
  • Irish: “Músaem Náisiúnta Thóga”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale del Togo”
  • Italian: “Museo Nazionale del Togo”
  • Japanese: “トーゴ国立博物館”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Inzu Ndangamurage ya Togo”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Național din Togo”
  • Spanish: “Museo nacional de Togo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Poste HTA BT Palais des congrès and Parlement.

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