TransNamib Railway Museum
Trans-Namib Railroad Museum is a museum in Windhoek. It is located in Windhoek Railway Station's building, and was established on 1 July 1993. The museum displays items such as railway equipment and maps, as well as artifacts relating to aviation and seafaring.Photo: Lonelyplanet, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
- Type: Museum
- Description: is the town history museum in Outjo, Namibia.
- Also known as: “Franke-Haus-Museum”, “Outjo-Museum”, and “Trans-Namib Railroad Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Windhoek and Roman Catholic Hospital.
Windhoek
Railway station
Photo: Diascanprojekt Dunst, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Windhoek railway station is a railway station serving the city of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is an important station in the Namibian rail network, and it is run by TransNamib.
Roman Catholic Hospital
Hospital
The Roman Catholic Hospital is a private hospital in Windhoek, Namibia run by the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1907 by the Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing, the Roman Catholic Hospital had 87 beds in 2007. Roman Catholic Hospital is situated 570 metres south of TransNamib Railway Museum.
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Windhoek
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Cathedral, known as St. Marien Kathedrale in German, is a Roman Catholic church in Windhoek, Namibia. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Windhoek. St. Mary’s Cathedral, Windhoek is situated 590 metres south of TransNamib Railway Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Klein Windhoek and Windhoek.
Windhoek
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Windhoek is Namibia's capital and largest city. It is in the geographic centre of the country at an elevation of 1,600 m. This is the city where most safaris travelling through Namibia begin, and also the first point of entry in Namibia should you arrive by airplane.
Khomasdal
Suburb
Khomasdal is a suburb of Namibia's capital of Windhoek in the Khomas Region. Founded as Windhoek's residential area for Coloured people, Khomasdal still is primarily composed of Coloured people. Khomasdal is situated 3½ km west of TransNamib Railway Museum.
TransNamib Railway Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Khomas, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-22.55935° or 22° 33′ 34″ southLongitude
17.08131° or 17° 4′ 53″ eastOpen location code
5F9VC3RJ+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4697946051OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1498662
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In Other Languages
From Fulah to German—“TransNamib Railway Museum” goes by many names.
- Fulah: “Fedde nder laawol nder lesdi Namib”
- German: “Franke-Haus-Museum”
- German: “Outjo-Museum”
- German: “TransNamib Eisenbahnmuseum”
- German: “TransNamib-Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Intercape Windhoek Depot and TransNamib Holdings.
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