National Museum of Afghanistan

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museum national museum

The National Museum of Afghanistan is the country’s principal museum, renowned for its rich collection of archaeological and cultural artifacts that reflect Afghanistan’s ancient and diverse heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
National Museum of Afghanistan canonical 2
Kabul Museum 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf museum ⓘ
national museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle modernist ⓘ
category Museums in Kabul ⓘ
National museums of Asia ⓘ
collectionType Bactrian Gold artifacts ⓘ
Bronze Age artifacts ⓘ
Buddhist art ⓘ
Gandharan artifacts ⓘ
Greco-Bactrian artifacts ⓘ
Islamic art ⓘ
Ivory carvings from Begram ⓘ
Kushan period artifacts ⓘ
archaeological artifacts ⓘ
cultural artifacts ⓘ
ethnographic objects ⓘ
numismatic collection ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
established 1919 ⓘ
exhibition Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul ⓘ
formerName National Museum of Afghanistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kabul Museum
hasCollectionFrom Bactria ⓘ
Kamboja–Gandhara region ⓘ
surface form: Gandhara

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ⓘ
Islamic period in Afghanistan ⓘ
Kushan Empire ⓘ
hasFunction preservation of Afghan cultural heritage ⓘ
public education ⓘ
research ⓘ
hasOnlinePresence official website ⓘ
languageOfSignage Dari ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
locatedIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Kabul Province ⓘ
location Kabul ⓘ
near Darul Aman Palace ⓘ
ownedBy Afghan administration ⓘ
surface form: Government of Afghanistan
partner British Museum ⓘ
International Council of Museums ⓘ
Musée Guimet ⓘ
UNESCO ⓘ
reopened 2004 ⓘ
significance major repository of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage ⓘ
principal museum of Afghanistan ⓘ
sufferedEvent Afghan Civil War ⓘ
destruction of artifacts by Taliban ⓘ
looting ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kabul → hasLandmark → National Museum of Afghanistan ⓘ
National Museum of Afghanistan → formerName → National Museum of Afghanistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabul Museum
Hadda → findsNowIn → National Museum of Afghanistan ⓘ