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Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum

Coordinates: 6°28′24″N 2°37′03″E / 6.4732°N 2.617438°E / 6.4732; 2.617438
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Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum
Established1966, 1922 Edit this on Wikidata
LocationPorto-Novo, Porto-Novo, Benin Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates6°28′24″N 2°37′03″E / 6.4732°N 2.617438°E / 6.4732; 2.617438
Typemuseum Edit this on Wikidata
Collection size1,280 unit Edit this on Wikidata
Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum is located in Benin
Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum
Location of Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum

The Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum is a museum in Porto-Novo, Benin. It was established in 1957 by the Dahomey Institute. It is operated by Alexandre Sènou Adandé, a noted ethnologist, who was chief archivist and librarian at the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire of Dakar from 1948 to 1960.[1]

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  1. ^ Houngnikpo, Mathurin C.; Decalo, Samuel (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7.

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