Museum of Dundo
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Museum of Dundo

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The Dundo Museum, officially the Dundo Regional Museum and formerly called the Dungo Ethnographic Museum, is a national ethnographic and natural history museum in Dundo, Lunda Norte Province, Angola. It was founded in 1936 by the Diamang company, making it the country's first museum. It is considered one of the country's most important museums and one of the most important cultural museums in Africa. It focuses primarily on preserving artifacts related to the heritage and culture of eastern Angolan groups, particularly the Chokwe people, and also has natural history and archaeological collections. Several objects were looted during the Angolan Civil War and repatriation efforts are ongoing. On 18 April 2016, it was named a regional cultural reference monument.

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