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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  • Museum
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by Smithsonian Institution
  • …stands 20 feet (6 metres) tall
  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM–5:30 PM
    public holidays: closed
  • Description: museum about African Art located in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
  • Address: 950 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20560
  • Also known as
    “AFA”
    “Museum of African Art”
    “NMAfA”
    “SINMAFA”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Museum of Natural History.
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National Museum of African Art

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Latitude
38.88797° or 38° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
-77.0255° or 77° 1′ 32″ west
Open location code
87C4VXQF+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26765041
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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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