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Added to NRHP. October 24, 1991. The Virgin Valley Heritage Museum, originally known as the Desert Valley Museum, is in Mesquite, Nevada and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The museum displays exhibits about area pioneers and local history.
32-46000. GNIS feature ID. 0842060. Website. www .mesquitenv .gov. Mesquite is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States adjacent to the Arizona state line and 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 20,471. [ 5]
website, artwork, photos, memorabilia, saddles, guns, hand-woven lariats, brands and other working gear used by cowboys, located at the Winnemucca Convention Center. Burlesque Hall of Fame. Las Vegas. Clark. Hall of fame. History of burlesque. Carson City Fire Museum. Carson City. Carson City.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture ( NMAAHC ), colloquially known as the Blacksonian, is a Smithsonian Institution museum located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the United States. [4] It was established in 2003 and opened its permanent home in 2016 with a ceremony led by President Barack Obama .
Nan Hua Temple. / 25.82472°S 28.73306°E / -25.82472; 28.73306. Fo Guang Shan Nan Hua Temple (佛光山南華寺, Fóguāngshān Nanhua Si) is the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa, and is situated in the Cultura Park suburb of Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. [1] It is the African headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan (Buddha ...
An exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Museums not only collect and preserve historic and cultural material, their basic purpose is educational or aesthetic. The first African American museum was the College Museum in Hampton, Virginia , established in 1868. [ 2 ]
Seven sites are listed for their cultural significance, four for natural, and one site, the Maloti-Drakensberg Park, is listed for both. This site is transnational as it is shared with Lesotho. [3] South Africa has served as a member of the World Heritage Committee three times: 1999–2005, 2009–2013, and 2019–2023. [3]
The history of Southern Africa has been divided into its prehistory, its ancient history, the major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and the post-colonial period, in which the current nations were formed. Southern Africa is bordered by Central Africa, East Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Sahara Desert.