National Museum of Tanzania

The National Museum of Tanzania, is a consortium of several museums whose purpose is to preserve and show objects from the history and natural environment of Tanzania.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: consortium of Tanzanian museums
  • Address: Shaaban Robert St., Dar es Salaam
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ocean Road Hospital and Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre.

Hospital
The is a historical building of a hospital in , . It was opened on October 1, 1897, as the Imperial Governorate Hospital for the former colony of German East Africa. is situated 370 metres northeast of National Museum of Tanzania.

Public building
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The is a convention centre located in , . It is named after Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president. is situated 350 metres northwest of National Museum of Tanzania.

Church
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The Saint Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , . It is a Gothic church located in Sokoine Drive, facing the harbour, close to the . is situated 1 km southwest of National Museum of Tanzania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dar es Salaam and Mwananyamala.

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was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of on the site of the village of Mzizima. Mzizima's history dates back to when the Barawa people started to settle and cultivate the area around Mbwa Maji, Magogoni, Mjimwema, Gezaulole, and Kibonde Maji Mbagara.

Locality
is an administrative ward in of the in . The ward is bordered to the north by ward and to the east by and Kinondoni. is situated 5 km northwest of National Museum of Tanzania.

National Museum of Tanzania

Latitude
-6.81348° or 6° 48′ 49″ south
Longitude
39.29412° or 39° 17′ 39″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
6G5X57PV+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 151730109
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q1960827
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“National Museum of Tanzania” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տանզանիայի ազգային թանգարան”
  • Dutch: “National Museum of Tanzania”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Tanzanio”
  • Finnish: “Tansanian kansallismuseot”
  • French: “musée national de Tanzanie”
  • French: “Musée national de Tanzanie”
  • German: “Makumbusho ya Taifa”
  • German: “National Museum of Tanzania”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum Tansania”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum von Tansania”
  • Italian: “Dar es Salaam Museum”
  • Italian: “National Museum of Tanzania”
  • Japanese: “タンザニア国立博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanzanias nasjonalmuséer”
  • Norwegian: “Tanzanias nasjonalmuséer”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe Tanzanii”
  • Polish: “National Museum of Tanzania”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей Танзании”
  • Spanish: “Museo nacional de Tanzania”
  • Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Kitaifa Dar es Salaam”
  • Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Taifa”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей Танзанії”

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