The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan
Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Muzeýi | |
 The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan in front of Ashgabat Flagpole | |
  Location within Turkmenistan | |
| Established | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Location | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Type | National museum |
| Website | museum |
The State Museum of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Döwlet Muzeýi), also known as the Saparmurat Turkmenbashi Museum, is a museum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[1][2] The museum was opened on 12 November 1998.[3] The museum has seven permanent galleries incorporating history, present day culture, and ethnography.[3]
Collections[edit]
As of 2013, the museum was split into three sections: natural history, science, and the President of Turkmenistan. Photography is forbidden in any part of the museum, and all visitors are followed by a museum employee during their stay. Many artifacts and photographs are clear fakes or digitally edited.
Natural History[edit]
The museum contains a large collection of ancient artifacts. However many are overly intricate, in pristine condition, and many thousand years old leading to questions about their authenticity.[citation needed]
President[edit]
The museum has one third of its floor space dedicated to the current President of Turkmenistan. In this section are images of the president doing a wide variety of things, including harvesting crops with his citizens, racing autos, reading with children, playing sports, and meeting world leaders.
Science[edit]
The section of the museum dedicated to science has no English captions, even though the rest of the museum does.
See also[edit]
- Neutrality Arch, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
References[edit]
- ^ "Национальный музей Туркменистана переименован | Интернет-газета Turkmenistan.Ru". www.turkmenistan.ru.
- ^ "The National Museum of Turkmenistan". ALMATY Cluster Office for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. UNESCO. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ a b Museum Guidebook, Saparamyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Türkmenistanyň Milli muzeyi, Asgabat 2001.
External links[edit]
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