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The university is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of central Kinshasa, in the suburb of Lemba. [9]Many of the campus facilities have deteriorated and are in poor condition, or lack proper instructional tools - in 2003, the science library had as few as 300 titles in its collection. [9]
The museum was opened to the public on 23 November 2019 by the President of the DR Congo, Félix Tshisekedi. Referring to recent requests for the repatriation 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 ...
The Kinshasa Zoological Garden (French: Jardin Zoologique de Kinshasa), also known as Kinshasa Zoo (Zoo de Kinshasa), is an animal park located in the Gombe commune, ...
The Kinshasa Botanical Garden was originally established as the "Parc de Bock" in 1933 by District Commissioner Fernand De Bock in then-Léopoldville (now metamorphosed into the modern Kinshasa). [ 1 ] [ 7 ] The area featured a zoo and a botanical garden opposite its premises and was entrusted to the Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge ...
In addition, price discrimination is widely practiced: [25] museums with low or zero admission charges charge comparatively high admission fees for temporary exhibitions. Other types of discrimination are possible by varying the price according to the day of the week, the geographical origin of visitors (a discount for residents of the city or ...
The campus is bounded to the west by Avenue Pierre Mulele, immediately north of the Centenary Protestant Cathedral and adjacent to the National Museum of Congo, which lies to the south and south-east of the campus. The geographical coordinates of UPC campus are 4°19'59.0"S, 15°17'52.0"E (Latitude:-4.333056; Longitude:15.297778).
The Université Libre de Kinshasa (French; lit. ' Free University of Kinshasa ', known as ULK) is a private university in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] [2] It was established on 15 October 1988. [3] It was the first private secular university in the DRC. [4]
Located in Kinshasa are the National Museum and the Kinshasa Fine Arts Academy. [102] Kinshasa has a flourishing music scene which, since the 1960s, has operated under the patronage of the city's elite. [50] The Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste, formed in 1994, began using improved musical instruments and has since grown in means and ...