Ashgabat National Museum of History

The Ashgabat National Museum of History is a history museum in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan. It contains over 500,000 exhibits particularly archaeological and ethnographical finds throughout the country including rare works of ancient art, paintings, drawings, sculptures, carpets, rugs, fabrics and clothing; household utensils, musical instruments, weapons, jewelry, medals, historical documents, horn-shaped vessels made of ivory, statuettes of Parthian goddesses and colourful Buddhist vases.^[1]

It also contains a significant number of fossils and rare geological finds.

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Landmarks

Palaces	Oguzkhan Presidential Palace Ruhyýet Palace Wedding Palace

Hotels	Grand Turkmen Hotel Oguzkent Hotel President Hotel Ashgabat Yyldyz Hotel

Monuments and memorials	Ashgabat Memorial Complex Ashgabat Flagpole Fountain Independence Monument Monument to the Constitution Neutrality Monument

Mosques	Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque

Museums and theatres	Ashgabat cinema Ashgabat National Museum of History Ashgabat Russian Drama Theatre Exhibition Hall of the Ministry of Culture State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan Turkmen Carpet Museum Turkmenistan Cultural Centre Turkmen Museum of Fine Arts Turkmen National Theatre of Youth Turkmen Puppet Theatre

Retail and business	Altyn Asyr Bazaar Central Bank of Turkmenistan Russian Bazaar Turkmen State Circus

Education

Sport

Transport

People

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