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The National Museum of Turkmentistan (Saparamyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Türkmenistanyň Milli muzeyi), also known as the Sparmurat Turkmenbashi Museum, is a museum in Turkmenistan.[1]
The museum was opened on 12 November 1998.[2] . The museum has seven permanent galleries incorporating history, present day culture, and ethnography.[3]
Contents
Collections
Archaeology
The museum has a large archaeological collection. Prominently displayed items include those from Old Nisa and from Merv.
Numismatics
The museum has an unpublished collection of coins associated with its archaeological collection.
See also
- Neutrality Arch, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
References
- ^ "The National Museum of Turkmenistan". ALMATY Cluster Office for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. UNESCO. http://www.unesco.kz/heritagenet/tm/turkmen_site/museum.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ Museum Guidebook, Saparamyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Türkmenistanyň Milli muzeyi, Asgabat 2001.
- ^ Museum Guidebook, Saparamyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Türkmenistanyň Milli muzeyi, Asgabat 2001.
External links
Coordinates: 37°53′07.49″N 58°20′56.51″E / 37.8854139°N 58.3490306°E
Categories:- Museums established in 1998
- Museums in Turkmenistan
- National museums
- Archaeology museums
- Ethnographic museums
- History museums
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