- Liberation War Museum
The Liberation War Museum (Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ যাদুঘর "Muktijuddho Jadughôr") is a
museum inSegunbagicha ,Dhaka , the capital ofBangladesh .The museum opened on 22 March 1996, and is dedicated to the sacrifices of Bangladesh's soldiers and civilians in the
Bangladesh Liberation War . More than 10,000 collectibles and exhibits are displayed in the museum or stored in its archives.cite web| title=Liberation War Museum:Executive Summary| publisher=The Liberation War Museum, Dhaka| year=2004| url=http://www.liberationmuseum.org.bd/liberation_war_museum_aboutmuseum.htm| accessdate=2007-12-09]Galleries
Three ground-floor galleries cover the struggle against the
British Raj inBengal , resistance toPakistan i rule after 1947, and the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The second floor galleries display materials and historical records relating to civilian resistance and international support for Bangladesh's independence.cite encyclopedia | title = Liberation War Museum| encyclopedia =Banglapedia | publisher =Asiatic Society of Bangladesh | year =2007 |url=http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/L_0097.htm| accessdate =2007-12-09]International links
In 2006 the Museum was fitted with modern audiovisual and exhibition equipment as a donation from the
Japan ese government to help preserve the culture and heritage of Bangladesh's independence movement. [cite web| title=Japan Extends Modern Audio-Visual and Exhibition Equipment to Liberation War Museum| publisher=The Japanese Embassy to Bangladesh| month=March| year=2006| url=http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:TqwDy0oXcp8J:www.bd.emb-japan.go.jp/en/news/pr/pdf/pr_lwm220306.pdf+%22liberation+war+museum%22%22+bangladesh&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=au| accessdate=2007-12-10]The Museum is also an institutional member of the American Association of Museums,
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