The main museum of Turkmenistan
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The Main museum of Turkmenistan[1] (Türkmenistanyň Milli muzeyi), also known as the Sparmurat Turkmenbashi Museum, is a museum in Turkmenistan.[2]
The museum was opened on 12 November 1998.[3] . The museum has seven permanent galleries incorporating history, present day culture, and ethnography.[4]
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[edit] Collections
[edit] Archaeology
The museum has a large archaeological collection. Prominently displayed items include those from Old Nisa and from Merv.
[edit] Numismatics
The museum has an unpublished collection of coins associated with its archaeological collection.
[edit] See also
- Neutrality Arch, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
[edit] References
- ^ Museum renamed
- ^ "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.
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