Back المتحف الوطني الأفغاني Arabic Kabil muzeyi AZ Нацыянальны музей Кабула BE Национален музей на Афганистан Bulgarian আফগানিস্তান জাতীয় জাদুঘর Bengali/Bangla Museu de Kabul Catalan Nationalmuseum Kabul German Εθνικό Μουσείο του Αφγανιστάν Greek Nacia Muzeo de Afganio EO Museo Nacional de Kabul Spanish
 The National Museum of Afghanistan in 2005 | |
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| Established | 1922 |
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| Location | District 6, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 34°28′3″N 69°7′12″E / 34.46750°N 69.12000°E |
| Collection size | Over 100,000 as of 1978; now about 50,000-80,000[1][2][3][4] |
| Director | Mohammad Zubair Abedi[1] |
| Website | www |
The National Museum of Afghanistan (Dari: موزیم ملی افغانستان, Mūzīyam-e mellī-ye Afghānestān; Pashto: د افغانستان ملی موزیم, Də Afghānistān Millī Mūzīyəm) is located across the street from the Darul Aman Palace in the Darulaman area of Kabul, Afghanistan. It was once considered to be one of the world's finest museums.[5][6] There have been reports about expanding the museum or building a new larger one.[2] Mohammad Zubair Abedi serves as the current director of the museum.[1]
The museum's collection had earlier been one of the most important in Central Asia,[7] with over 100,000 items dating back several millennia, including items from Persian, Buddhist, and Islamic dynasties.
With the start of the civil war in 1992, the museum was looted numerous times and destroyed by rockets, resulting in a loss of 70% of the 100,000 objects on display.[8][9]
Since 2007, a number of international organizations have helped to recover over 8,000 artifacts, the most recent being a limestone sculpture from Germany.[10]
Approximately 843 artifacts were returned by the United Kingdom in 2012, including the famous 1st Century Begram ivories.[11]
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Over 50 instances of artifact smuggling prevented in last 18 months: officialswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Director Says National Museum Needs Larger Building for Major Exhibits". TOLOnews. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "The Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's ancient treasures. Will history repeat itself?". National Geographic Society. August 14, 2021. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "National Museum of Afghanistan express growing concerns for the safety of ancient artefacts in the region". Mashable. August 18, 2021. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ From Our Own Correspondent - a celebration of fifty years of the BBC Radio Programme by Tony Grant
- ^ Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan by Tamim Ansary
- ^ Girardet, Edward; Jonathan Walter, eds. (1998). Afghanistan. Geneva: CROSSLINES Communications, Ltd. p. 291.
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bbcmarch2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Burns, John F. (30 November 1996). "Kabul's Museum: The Past Ruined by the Present". The New York Times.
- ^ (31 January 2012) Germany returns Afghan sculpture bbc.co.uk/news/
- ^ (19 July 2012) Looted art returned to Afghanistan, bbc.co.uk