Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola
The Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola is located in the Ingombota District of the city of Luanda, Angola. Established in 1938, it is the only museum of natural history in Angola.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Luanda, Angola
- Also known as: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”, “National Museum of Natural History of Angola”, and “Nossa Senhora da Muxima - Museu Nacional de Historia Natural”
- Address: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Luanda
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iron Palace and Private School of Saint Joseph of Cluny.
Iron Palace
Museum
Photo: Zorglub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palácio de Ferro is a historical building in the Angolan capital Luanda, believed to have been designed and built by – or by someone associated with – Gustave Eiffel, builder of the world-famous icons, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Iron Palace is situated 470 metres northwest of Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola.
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 1 km west of Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maianga and Luanda.
Maianga
Suburb
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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.
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.
Sambizanga
Suburb
Sambizanga is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda, in the province of Luanda, Angola. Sambizanga is situated 4 km east of Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola.
Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola
- Categories: natural history museum, cultural heritage, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-8.81536° or 8° 48′ 55″ southLongitude
13.23846° or 13° 14′ 19″ eastOpen location code
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yoruba—“Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Angolako Historia Naturalaren Museo Nazionala”
- Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Història Natural d’Angola”
- Dutch: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Muxima - Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum van Angola”
- French: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”
- French: “Our Lady Muxima - Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle de l’Angola”
- German: “Museu Nacional de História Natural”
- German: “Our Lady Muxima - Nationalmuseum für Naturgeschichte Angolas”
- Hausa: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”
- Italian: “Nostra Signora della Muxima - Museo Nazionale di Storia Naturale dell’Angola”
- Polish: “Matka Boża z Muximy - Narodowe Muzeum Historii Naturalnej Angoli”
- Portuguese: “Museu de História Natural”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”
- Portuguese: “Nossa Senhora da Muxima - Museu Nacional de Historia Natural de Angola”
- Russian: “Наша леди Муксима - Национальный Музей Естествознания Анголы”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Angola”
- Spanish: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”
- Spanish: “Nuestra Señora de la Muxima - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Angola”
- Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Kitaifa ya Historia ya Asili ya Ango”
- Swahili: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”
- Yoruba: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”
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