Herat National Museum
The Herat National Museum is a museum located in Herat, Afghanistan. It was established in 1925 by order of Emir Amānullāh.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herat Citadel and Yu Aw Synagogue.
Herat Citadel
Photo: koldo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Citadel of Herat, locally known as Arg-e Herat, or Qala-ye Ikhtiaruddin, is a fort located in the center of Herat in Afghanistan.
Yu Aw Synagogue
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The Yu Aw Synagogue is an abandoned Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Momanda neighbourhood of the old city of Herat, in western Afghanistan. Yu Aw Synagogue is situated 750 metres south of Herat National Museum.
Jihad Museum
Museum
The Jihad Museum is located in the western provincial capital of Herat in Afghanistan. It was built in 2010 as a place for Afghans to understand past conflicts and their history. Jihad Museum is situated 3½ km northeast of Herat National Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herat and Injil.
Herat
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Herat, also written as Harat or Hirat, and historically known as Haraiva, Horeiva and Hires, is a city in western Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Herat Province.
Injil
Village
Injil is a town that serves as the capital of the Injil District in Herat Province of Afghanistan. It is located at at 950m altitude a few miles southeast of Herat. Injil is situated 7 km southeast of Herat National Museum.
Herat National Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Herat, Afghanistan
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Herat District, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.34581° or 34° 20′ 45″ northLongitude
62.18771° or 62° 11′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8J6485WQ+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 6557777926OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5732778
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In Other Languages
From Central Kurdish to Uzbek—“Herat National Museum” goes by many names.
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی نەتەوەیی ھیرات”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי של הראט”
- Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Herat”
- Persian: “موزه ملی هرات”
- Russian: “Гератский Национальный Музей”
- Spanish: “Museo nacional de Herat”
- Uzbek: “Hirot milliy muzeyi”
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