Organization:Ethnographic Museum (Rwanda)
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 The Ethnographic Museum when it was called the National Museum of Rwanda | |
| Former name | National Museum of Rwanda |
|---|---|
| Established | 1989 |
| Location | Huye |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 2°35′19″S 29°44′42″E / 2.5887°S 29.7451°E |
| Type | Ethnographic |
The Ethnographic Museum (Kinyarwanda: Inzu ndangamurage[1]), formerly the National Museum of Rwanda (French: Musée national du Rwanda, Kinyarwanda: Ingoro y'Umurage w'u Rwanda), is a national museum in Rwanda. It is located in Butare.[2] It is owned by Institute of National Museums of Rwanda.[3]
It was built with help of the Belgian government and opened in 1989.[2] It is also a good source of information on the cultural history of the country and the region.[2] It is also known as the site of the murder of Queen Dowager Rosalie Gicanda and several others during the Rwandan genocide.[4]
References
- ↑ "Inzu Ndangamurage z’u Rwanda zikomeje kwinjiza akayabo." () Izuba Rirashe. Retrieved on 10 March 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Aimable Twagilimana (1 October 2007). Historical Dictionary of Rwanda. Scarecrow Press. pp. 124. ISBN 978-0-8108-6426-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=nvQlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA124.
- ↑ "Introduction". https://museum.gov.rw/index.php?id=32&L=1%27A=0.
- ↑ Rwanda genocide: Nizeyimana convicted of killing Queen Gicanda, 19 June 2012, BBC, Retrieved 2 March 2016
External links
- Ethnographic Museum - Institute of National Museums of Rwanda
- National Museum of Rwanda (Archive)
- National Museum of Rwanda at National University of Rwanda
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