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of African cultural heritage from museums in Europe, Tshisekedi said: "We support the return of the scattered cultural heritage, especially in Belgium. The idea is there, but it needs to be done gradually. Of course it is a Congolese heritage, one day it will be necessary that this heritage is
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in Brussels, Congolese experts have now been trained in South Korea. Thus, the Congolese cultural politicians have put their international cooperation on a broader basis than before.
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returned, but it has to be done in an organized way. It requires means for the upkeep. One thing is to ask for their return, but another is to conserve it."
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In three public exhibition halls of 6,000 m, 12,000 objects can be presented in their cultural context. The majority of the holdings of the
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The museum was opened to the public on 23 November 2019 by the President of the DR Congo,
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Costume of a masked dancer at the National Museum of the DR Congo
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Ethnography and History museum in Kinshasa, DR Congo
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National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo
a press release
a news article
routine coverage
improve this article
independent sources

Kinshasa
DR Congo
Coordinates
4°20′06″S 15°17′58″E / 4.3351°S 15.2994°E / -4.3351; 15.2994
Ethnography
History museum
Facebook page in French
French
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa
Republic of Korea
USD
Korea International Cooperation Agency

Institute of National Museums of Congo
Africa Museum
Félix Tshisekedi
repatriation
Democratic Republic of the Congo portal
Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
National Museum of Lubumbashi
List of museums in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
"Contextualising Historical and Cultural Identities With Exhibitions of the New National Museum in the Democratic Republic of Congo"

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