The Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola (National Museum of Natural History of Angola) is located in the Ingombota District of the city of Luanda, Angola. It is the largest and only Museum of Natural History in Angola and one of a collection of museums in Luanda.
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History
The museum was established in 1938 as the Museu de Angola,[1] and was originally housed in the Fortress of São Miguel, initially with departments of Ethnography, History, Zoology, Botany, Geology, Economics and Art. A library and colonial history archive was added. In 1956, the museum collection moved to its current 3-story building in Ingombota. It is located in the center of Ingombota across the street from the now demolished Kinaxixi Market.
Collection
The National Museum of Natural History features a large collection related to the country's natural history and rich and varied fauna.[2] The museum aims to investigate, collect, conserve and disseminate to the public the natural resources that reflect Angola's biodiversity, in order to promote scientific knowledge. The museum has three floors with large halls, where there are stuffed specimens of mammals, fish, cetaceans, insects, reptiles and birds. The spaces are decorated and decorated to try to reproduce the natural habitat of the species. The museum's estate also includes vast and rich collections of mollusks, butterflies and shells, many of which were used as currency on the West African coast.
References
- ^ Directory of museums in Africa. 1 January 1990. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7103-0378-3.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Conservar a biodiversidade em Angola" (in Portuguese). Museusluanda.weebly.com. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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