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The Ephesus Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Selçuk near the Ancient Greek city of İzmir, Türkiye. It houses finds from the nearby Ephesus excavation site. Its best-known exhibit is the ancient statue of the Greek Goddess Artemis retrieved from the temple of the goddess in Ephesus. (Wikipedia) Image...
Te Umanibong or the Kiribati Cultural Museum, or Kiribati Museum and Cultural Centre, is a museum in Bikenibeu on the atoll of Tarawa in Kiribati. It displays artefacts and other items of cultural and historic significance. The Kiribati National Museum and Cultural Centre was created for the new nation’s independence. A 1971 UNESCO meeting on Oceanic Cultures in Suva motivated people...
The Karen Blixen Museum, is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate. After Blixen’s death in 1962, the house was donated by the Danish government in 1964 to the new Kenyan government as an independence gift and was opened...
The Imhotep Museum is an archaeological museum located at the foot of the Saqqara necropolis complex, near Memphis in Lower Egypt. The museum displays local archaeological finds from the Saqqara plateau and also has exhibition halls dedicated to Egyptian art, architecture, and objects found in burial sites.
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The Boyana Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria. The church is affiliated with the National Museum of History in Sofia, and in 1979 the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Boyana Church consists of three buildings. The eastern church was built in the 10th...
The National Heritage Institute (INP) is a public administrative institution responsible for dealing with Tunisian heritage. The mission of the INP includes: To preserve, safeguard and restore archaeological sites, historic monuments and traditional urban ensembles; To organise and undertake research, excavation, inventory and prospecting in the fields of archaeological, historical...
The Ministry of Culture is an institution of the Peruvian Government in charge of promoting and managing the cultural diversity in the country for the benefit of the citizens. With the goal of strengthening cultural identity and opening spaces for the participation of all cultures, the ministry’s main functions are...
The Jordan Museum is located in the downtown area of Ras al-‘Ayn, Amman. Presenting the history and cultural heritage of Jordan in a series of beautifully designed galleries, The Jordan Museum serves as a comprehensive national centre for learning and knowledge that reflects Jordan’s history and culture, and presents in...
Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum is a museum of Indian sculptures, bronzes, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, miniature paintings, woodwork, bead work and ancient and contemporary coins in Gujarat, India. Since its inception in 1956, the L.D Museum has been collecting and preserving rare manuscripts and artifacts of various kinds. As the collection grew over the...
Luxor Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. The museum was opened in 1975 and contains a collection of artworks dating from the Predynastic Period right through to the Islamic era. Many of the free-standing granite statues depict kings, queens, and high-status officials who left their images in the Theban temples. Tutankhamun is well-represented by...
The Matenadaran, officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world’s largest repository of Armenian manuscripts. One of the most prominent landmarks of Yerevan, it is named after Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet, whose statue stands in front...
The Bukhara Museum was established in November 8, 1922. Since 1945, the museum has been situated in the Ark citadel, the former residence of the Bukharan emirs. In 1985, the museum got the status of the Bukhara State Art-Architectural Museum-Preserve. The museum-preserve consists of six branches, including 18 permanent exhibitions...