Lusaka National Museum
The Lusaka National Museum is a museum located in Lusaka, Zambia, covering the history and culture of the nation.- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Lusaka, Zambia
- Address: Nasser Road, Lusaka
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include FINDECO House and Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site.
FINDECO House
Office building
Photo: Mgrollne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
FINDECO House is a skyscraper in Lusaka, Zambia, and is the country's tallest building. Situated at the junction of Independence Avenue and Cairo Road in the heart of the city's Central Business District, the 295-feet building was built between 1978 and 1979 following the design of Yugoslav architects Dušan Milenković and Branimir Ganović. FINDECO House is situated 1 km west of Lusaka National Museum.
Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site
Park
Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site is a national monument and official state burial ground located in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. Situated along Independence Avenue opposite the Cabinet Office, the site serves as the final resting place for Zambia’s deceased presidents. Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site is situated 2 km east of Lusaka National Museum.
First Capital Bank Zambia Limited
Bank
First Capital Bank Zambia Limited, is a commercial bank in Zambia that is licensed by the Bank of Zambia, the national banking regulator. It is a subsidiary of FMBCapital Holdings Plc, a financial services conglomerate, based in Mauritius, whose shares of stock are listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange and has subsidiaries in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. First Capital Bank Zambia Limited is situated 1 km northeast of Lusaka National Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lusaka and Ridgeway.
Lusaka
Photo: Mondoka Zambia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lusaka, in Lusaka Province, is the capital of Zambia. It is a cosmopolitan city that is home to about 2.7 million people, approximately one in six Zambians. Lusaka is the centre of commerce and government in Zambia, and has several cultural facilities.
Kalingalinga
Suburb
Kalingalinga is a low-income, high-density settlement east of Lusaka, in Zambia. As of 2013, it comprised 25,000 to 30,000 residents, it borders the townships of Mtendere and Kabulonga, and many of its occupants are people who were discouraged from settling in Lusaka and moved as squatters to outlying regions of the city. Kalingalinga is situated 5 km east of Lusaka National Museum.
Lusaka National Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lusaka Province, Zambia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-15.42187° or 15° 25′ 19″ southLongitude
28.2913° or 28° 17′ 29″ eastOpen location code
5GPCH7HR+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 288801150OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q3267774
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swahili—“Lusaka National Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լուսակայի ազգային թանգարան”
- Catalan: “Museu Nacional de Lusaka”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی نەتەوەییی لووساکا”
- French: “musée national de Lusaka”
- French: “Musée national de Lusaka”
- German: “Lusaka National Museum”
- German: “Nationalmuseum Lusaka”
- Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi ta Ƙasa, Lusaka”
- Korean: “루사카 국립박물관”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Lusaka”
- Swahili: “Makumbusho ya Taifa ya Lusaka”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zambian Development Agency and Higher Education Authority.
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