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National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek

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Learn about Namibia’s rich history, from ancient, eye-catching rock art to the epic struggle for independence in 1990 at National Museum of Namibia, a museum with two display centers located in Alte Feste and Owela, some 600 m (1,968 ft) apart. Admire the tall, modernist arch with a statue of Namibia’s first president in Robert Mugabe Avenue, and understand the history behind the country's colonial and UN-mandated prison system. Housed in Windhoek’s oldest surviving building, an old German fort dating back to 1890, the museum details the history of the nation's liberation struggle. A collection of photographs and documents detail early resistance against colonialism, while Owela has over 1.5 million fossils, geological specimens, and ethnographic artifacts. It couldn't be easier to arrange your visit to National Museum of Namibia and many more Windhoek attractions: make an itinerary online using Inspirock's Windhoek travel route planner.

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• By erlinga2015

  The exterior of this place was very impressive. The larger than life statue outside was also quite impressive. I was not WOW ‘ed by the displays inside.  more »

• By Aron37

  Disappointingly thin on true history & concentrates too heavily on Swapo times and since then with vast spaces unoccupied & wasted. This should be merged with the Awola ethnography Museum (which is...  more »

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• By Särah Montäna

  THE WORST MUSEUM EVER This is not a real museum, no facts are displayed nor are they correct, pictures are taken completely out of context. This whole place was build and funded by north Korean party. The ideology of dictatorship is clearly expressed in the whole concept of the museum. Anyway, it is an interesting concept and could be used as a bad example. Propaganda at its finest.

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• By Esegiel Serogwe

  Namibia's rich history is well on display. More can still be shared

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