The Ethnographic Museum ( rw, Inzu ndangamurage), formerly the National Museum of Rwanda (french: Musée national du Rwanda, rw, Ingoro y'Umurage w'u Rwanda), is a

national museum A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

. It is located in

Butare Butare (), also known as Huye, is a city (population: 50,220 as of 2012) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the fourth largest town in Rwanda by population. History The Belgian colonial rulers establishe ...

. It is owned by

Institute of National Museums of Rwanda The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMRB) is a governmental organization in Rwanda. It was started as an ethnographic museum in September 1989, consisting only of the National Museum of Rwanda in Butare, but it now contains the: * Ethn ...

. It was built with help of the Belgian government and opened in 1989. It is also a good source of information on the cultural history of the country and the region. It is also known as the site of the murder of

Queen Dowager A queen dowager or dowager queen (compare: princess dowager or dowager princess) is a title or status generally held by the widow of a king. In the case of the widow of an emperor, the title of empress dowager is used. Its full meaning is clear ...

Rosalie Gicanda Queen Dowager Rosalie Gicanda (1928

and several others during the

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...

.Rwanda genocide: Nizeyimana convicted of killing Queen Gicanda
19 June 2012, BBC, Retrieved 2 March 2016

References

External links

National Museum of Rwanda
(Archive)

at

National University of Rwanda The National University of Rwanda (NUR; rw, Kaminuza nkuru y’u Rwanda, french: Université nationale du Rwanda, UNR) was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government ...

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