National Museum of African Art

The National Museum of African Art is the 's African art museum, located on the of the . Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—5:30 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum about African Art located in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
  • Also known as: “AFA”, “Museum of African Art”, “NMAfA”, “NMAFA”, and “SINMAFA”
  • Address: 950 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20560
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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The is an art museum of the in , focusing on Asian art. The Sackler Gallery and the together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States.

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The is a natural history museum administered by the , located on the in , United States. is situated 1,200 feet north of National Museum of African Art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

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The is just south of the . In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

National Museum of African Art

Latitude
38.88797° or 38° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
-77.0255° or 77° 1′ 32″ west
Height
20 feet (6 metres)
Operator
Smithsonian Institution
Open location code
87C4VXQF+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q46812
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“National Museum of African Art” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للفن الأفريقي”
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للفن الإفريقي”
  • Armenian: “Աֆրիկական արվեստի ազգային թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Nacional d’Arte Africano”
  • Catalan: “National Museum of African Art”
  • Chinese: “国立非洲艺术博物馆”
  • Chinese: “國立非洲藝術博物館”
  • Chinese: “美國史密森尼非洲藝術館”
  • Chinese: “非洲藝術館”
  • Dutch: “National Museum of African Art”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للفن الافريقى”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Afrika Arto”
  • French: “AFA”
  • French: “musée national d’art africain”
  • French: “Musée national d’Art africain”
  • French: “National Museum of African Art”
  • Georgian: “აფრიკული ხელოვნების ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “National Museum of African Art”
  • German: “Nationalmuseum für afrikanische Kunst”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי לאמנות אפריקאית”
  • Igbo: “AFA”
  • Igbo: “Museum of African Art”
  • Igbo: “National Museum of African Art”
  • Igbo: “NMAfA”
  • Igbo: “NMAFA”
  • Igbo: “SINMAFA”
  • Italian: “AFA”
  • Italian: “National Museum of African Art”
  • Japanese: “国立アフリカ美術館”
  • Korean: “국립 아프리카 미술관”
  • Lithuanian: “Nacionalinis Afrikos meno muziejus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “National Museum of African Art”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی هنر آفریقا”
  • Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Sztuki Afrykańskiej”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Arte Africana”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей африканского искусства”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Arte Africano”
  • Swedish: “National Museum of African Art”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей африканського мистецтва”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل میوزیم آف افریقن آرٹ”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیشنل میوزیم آف افریقن آرٹ”

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