Turpan Museum
Turpan Museum is a museum in Turpan, Xinjiang, China. It has items from the Tang dynasty excavated from the Astana Graves which are located outside the town. Items include ancient silks, clothes and preserved corpses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include emin minaret.
emin minaret
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 es.
The Emin Minaret or Emin Tower stands by the Uyghur mosque located in Turfan, Xinjiang, China. At 44 meters it is the tallest minaret in China. The minaret is considered the most famous Islamic monument in the county. emin minaret is situated 1½ km southeast of Turpan Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Putao.
Putao
Town
Putao is a town of Gaochang District, Turpan, Xinjiang, China. As of 2020, it has three residential communities and five villages under its administration.
Turpan Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Turfan
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Turpan, Dzungarian, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
42.94125° or 42° 56′ 29″ northLongitude
89.18855° or 89° 11′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8MJFW5RQ+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1350337464OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7856167
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In Other Languages
From Central Kurdish to Japanese—“Turpan Museum” goes by many names.
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی تورپان”
- Chinese: “吐鲁番博物馆”
- French: “Musée de Tourfan”
- French: “Musée de Turfan”
- French: “Musée de Turpan”
- Indonesian: “Museum Turpan”
- Japanese: “トルファン博物館”
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Highlights include 高昌区人民政府 and 清真寺 مەسچىتى.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Turpan Museum”. Photo: Zossolino, CC BY-SA 4.0.