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fiogf49gjkf0d ATTRACTIONS ----------- NATIONAL AND MARITIME PARKS: IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME OF THE WILDLIFE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA THE TWO MAIN NATIONAL PARKS OFFER SOME VARIETY. THE VARIARATA NATIONAL PARK IS ON THE SOGERI PLATEAU NEAR PORT MORESBY, THE OTHER IS THE MCADAM NATIONAL PARK NEAR BULOLO AND MT GAHAVISUKA PROVINCIAL PARK. MUSEUMS: PAPAU NEW GUINEA NATIONAL MUSEUM. THE AVIATION & MARITIME WAR BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS BASED ON WAR RELICS INCLUDING AIRCRAFT, GUNS, BOMBS AND VEHICLES. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM CONTAINS ONE OF THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF ART FROM PAPAU NEW GUINEA IN THE WORLD. IT IS OPEN DAILY & SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A MUST FOR ANY VISITOR TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA. J.K. MCCARTHY MUSEUM IN GROOKA HAS A COLLECTION OF CARVINGS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. OTHER MUSEUMS TO VISIT ARE THE SOGERI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSEUM, THE MADANG CULTURAL CENTRE. HISTORIC BUILDINGS: NATIONAL PARLIAMENT BUILDING; BOMANA WAR CEMETERY; LAE WAR CEMETERY; OK TEDI GOLD MINING; QUEEN EMMA'S RUINS; GOLD DREDGES; CAPE WOM; JAPANESE TUNNELS AND HEADQUARTERS; GERMAN CEMETERY. ART GALLERIES/HANDICRAFT CENTRES: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL ART DEALERS IN MAJOR TOWNS AND IN MOST CENTRES YOU WILL FIND DEALERS IN ART AND CRAFT AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING PURCHASES AT LOCAL MARKETS.
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