National Museum of Namibia, National museum in Windhoek, Namibia.

The National Museum of Namibia is split across three sites in central Windhoek. Its historic collection was held in the Alte Feste on Robert Mugabe Avenue, next to the Independence Memorial Museum; that building has stood empty of exhibits since late 2014 and is closed for renovation. The zoological and scientific collection belongs to the Owela Display Centre on Lüderitz Street, which shares a building with the Windhoek Public Library and is also closed. The administration and the National Museum Library, founded in 1963, sit opposite the Alte Feste in the Emma Hoogenhout Building.

A museum was founded in 1907 by the Imperial German administration of German South West Africa as the Landesmuseum. In 1925, under South African administration, it was renamed the South West Africa Museum; in 1957 responsibility passed to the South African government and the name became State Museum. After independence in 1990 it came under the Government of Namibia and took its present name in 1994. The historic collection was housed in the Alte Feste, which stood empty of exhibits from the end of 2014 and was closed as of 2023.

The Owela Display Centre takes its name from owela, a board game played in Namibia. The museum's social science collections cover archaeology, anthropology and modern history, while the Alte Feste building is to become a Center for Arts, Craft and Heritage and a National Genocide Museum.

The museum's sites lie in central Windhoek: the Alte Feste on Robert Mugabe Avenue, next to the Independence Memorial Museum, and the administration and National Museum Library opposite it in the Emma Hoogenhout Building. As of 2023 the Alte Feste and the Owela Display Centre on Lüderitz Street are closed, so check opening status before travelling.

The museum runs specialized science departments that catalog and study millions of insects and animals with scientific precision. These natural history collections are among its greatest treasures, revealing the incredible variety of wildlife across Namibia.