National Museum of Afghanistan
The National Museum of Afghanistan is located across the small 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum
- Also known as: “Kabul Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darul Aman Palace and Tajbeg Palace.
Darul Aman Palace
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Darul Aman Palace is a three-story palace located in Darulaman locality, about 16 km south-west of the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. Surrounding the palace are the following buildings: the National Assembly, the National Museum of Afghanistan and the Afghan International University. Darul Aman Palace is situated 300 metres south of National Museum of Afghanistan.
Tajbeg Palace
Castle
Photo: Evstafiev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tajbeg Palace, also inaccurately called the Queen's Palace, is one of the palaces in the popular Darulaman area of Kabul, Afghanistan. The stately mansion is located about 16 kilometres south-west from the city's center. Tajbeg Palace is situated 1½ km southwest of National Museum of Afghanistan.
Chihil Sutun
Castle
Chihil Sutun, also spelled Chehel Sutoon, Chelsutoon, Chehelseton or Chihilsitoon, is a historic palace with gardens located about 3.6 kilometres east of Darulaman neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan. Chihil Sutun is situated 3 km east of National Museum of Afghanistan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabul.
Kabul
Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabul has been the capital of Afghanistan since about 1776. The city was badly damaged during the various wars since 1979, particularly its western parts.
National Museum of Afghanistan
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.46763° or 34° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
69.12016° or 69° 7′ 13″ eastElevation
1,820 metres (5,971 feet)Open location code
8J6FF49C+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 199569676OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“National Museum of Afghanistan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الوطني الأفغاني”
- Armenian: “Աֆղանստանի ազգային թանգարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Kabil muzeyi”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальны музей Кабула”
- Bengali: “আফগানিস্তান জাতীয় জাদুঘর”
- Bengali: “আফগানিস্তান জাতীয় যাদুঘর”
- Bulgarian: “Национален музей на Афганистан”
- Catalan: “Museu de Kabul”
- Chinese: “阿富汗国家博物馆”
- Chinese: “阿富汗國家博物館”
- Dutch: “Afghaans Nationaal Museum”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Museum van Afghanistan”
- Dutch: “National Museum Kaboel”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Afganio”
- Finnish: “Kabulin museo”
- French: “Musée national afghan de Kaboul”
- French: “Musée national afghan”
- French: “musée national d’Afghanistan”
- Georgian: “ავღანეთის ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
- German: “Nationalmuseum Kabul”
- Greek: “Εθνικό Μουσείο του Αφγανιστάν”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי של אפגניסטן”
- Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Afganistan”
- Italian: “Museo di Kabul”
- Italian: “Museo Nazionale dell’Afghanistan”
- Japanese: “アフガニスタン国立博物館”
- Korean: “아프가니스탄 국립박물관”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kabul museum”
- Norwegian: “Kabul museum”
- Persian: “موزه کابل”
- Persian: “موزه ملی افغانستان”
- Persian: “موزه ملی کابل”
- Persian: “موزیم کابل”
- Persian: “موزیم ملی افغانستان”
- Polish: “Muzeum Narodowe w Kabulu”
- Pushto: “د افغانستان ملي لرغونتون”
- Russian: “Кабульский музей”
- Russian: “Кабульский Музей”
- Russian: “Национальный музей Афганистана”
- Slovenian: “Narodni muzej Afganistana”
- Spanish: “Museo de kabul”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional Afgano”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Afganistan”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Afganistán”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Kabul”
- Tamil: “ஆப்கானிஸ்தானின் தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம்”
- Tamil: “காபூல் அருங்காட்சியகம்”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติอัฟกานิสถาน”
- Turkish: “Kabil Müzesi”
- Urdu: “قومی عجائب گھر افغانستان”
- Western Panjabi: “قومی عجائب گھر افغانستان”
- Yue Chinese: “阿富汗國家博物館”
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