National Anthropology Museum
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.Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Luanda
- Also known as: “Museu Nacional de Antropologia”
- Address: Avenida Lino Dias, Luanda
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coqueiros Municipal Stadium and Luanda Cathedral.
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 210 metres west of National Anthropology Museum.
Luanda Cathedral
Church
Photo: B25es, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Our Lady of Remedies is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Luanda, Angola. It was built in 1628 and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Luanda. Luanda Cathedral is situated 210 metres east of National Anthropology Museum.
Cine Teatro Nacional Luanda
Theater building
Photo: Gonçalo Figueiredo de Barros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cine Teatro Nacional Luanda is a theater building, which is situated 340 metres southeast of National Anthropology Museum.
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 southwest of National Anthropology Museum.
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 Anthropology Museum
- Categories: sobrado, cultural heritage, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-8.81358° or 8° 48′ 49″ southLongitude
13.2278° or 13° 13′ 40″ eastOpen location code
6F3M56PH+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5891924764OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q10333588
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swahili—“National Anthropology Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Antropologia d’Angola”
- Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Antropologia”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Antropologisch Museum”
- French: “Musée National d’anthropologie”
- German: “Museu Nacional de Antropologia”
- German: “Nationales Anthropologie-Museum”
- Hausa: “Museu Nacional de Antropologia (Angola)”
- Hausa: “Museu Nacional de Antropologia”
- Italian: “Museo Nazionale di Antropologia”
- Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Antropologii”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Antropologia (Antigo Sobrado)”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Antropologia”
- Russian: “Национальный Музей Антропологии”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Antropologia (Angola)”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Antropologia”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Antropología”
- Swahili: “Museu Nacional de Antropologia (Angola)”
- Swahili: “Museu Nacional de Antropologia”
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