Olduvai Gorge Museum

The Olduvai Gorge Museum is located in the in Northern on the edge of the . The museum was founded by Mary Leakey and is now under the jurisdiction of the Tanzanian government's Department of Cultural Antiquities and is managed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Tanzania
  • Also known as: Oldupai Gorge Museum

Olduvai Gorge Museum

Latitude
-2.99619° or 2° 59′ 46″ south
Longitude
35.35236° or 35° 21′ 9″ east
Operator
Tanzanian Government’s Department of Cultural Antiquities
Open location code
6G9Q2932+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 478260246
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q3868097
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Olduvai Gorge Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Օլդուվայի ձորի թանգարան
  • Belarusian: Музей цясніны Алдувай
  • Dutch: Olduvai Gorge Museum
  • Egyptian Arabic: متحف خانق اولدوفاى
  • Esperanto: Muzeo de Oldovajo-Valo
  • Italian: Museo della gola di Olduvai
  • Russian: Музей ущелья Олдувай
  • Swahili: Makumbusho ya Bonde la Olduvai
  • Swahili: Makumbusho ya Bonde la Oltupai
  • Swedish: Olduvai Gorge Museum
  • Ukrainian: Музей ущелини Олдувай

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Highlights include Olduvai Gorge and Kiloki Cultural Boma.

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