MUSEUM
A museum is typically a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education , enjoyment , the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment."
 
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The Iran National Museum

Location:
Country: Iran
Brief Info: The idea for the construction of a building to house and protect the country's cultural heritage came from Sani od-Doleh.
National Museum of Iraq

Location:
Country: Iraq
Brief Info: It was established by the British traveller and author Gertrude Bell and opened shortly before her death in 1926. It was originally known as the Baghdad Archaeological Museum.
Archaeological Museum

Location: Amman
Country: Jordan
Brief Info: Approximately 30 of these enigmatic and appealing statues, ranging between 2 and 3 feet in height and looking for all the world like some kindly extraterrestrials, were discovered in 1983 and 1985 during road construction on the outskirts of Amman.
Museum of Arts

Location:
Country:Kazakhstan
Brief Info: The Museum's biggest collection in Kazakhstan consists of 120, 000 exhibits displayed in its four huge halls and 200, 000 in reserves. Especially popular stands hold Kazakh traditional clothes, household articles, jewelry and other pieces of art.
The National Museum

Location:
Country: Kuwait
Brief Info: Kuwait's first museum was the residence of Sheikh Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah. The archaeological discoveries at Failaka created a need for a place to house these important finds.
Kyrgyz Museum Bishkek

Location:
Country:Kyrgyzstan
Brief Info: The State Historical Museum of Kyrgyzstan has 20,000 items on display depicting the history of Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyzstan Museum of Fine Arts collects primarily modern work.
Rihani Museum

Location:
Country: Lebanon
Brief Info: In 1953 Albert Rihani founded a private museum in honor of his brother, Ameen Rihani. This museum was renovated in 1986 and now occupies the lower level of the Rihani home in Freike , Lebanon .
The National Museum

Location: Jln Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Country: Malaysia
Brief Info: Museums in Malaysia started to evolve since 1883 when the British governance established the Perak Museum in Taiping and the Sarawak Museum in Kuching in 1888.
National Museum of the Maldives

Location:
Country: Maldives
Brief Info: The National Museum of the Maldives was established with the dual intentions of preserving the history and culture of the country and to stimulate interest and research into these fields.
The National Museum

Location:
Country: Mali
Brief Info: The history of the National Museum of Mali can be traced Back to colonial times. It is closely linked to the history of the Institut Français d'Afrique Noire or IFAN (French Institute for Black Africa), created in Dakar in 1936 with a mandate for developing research in the colonized territories.
The Museum of Moroccan Arts

Location: Dar el Makhzen, Place de la Kasbah Tangier
Country: Morocco
Brief Info: The Museum of Moroccan Arts is housed in the prince's apartments which are indeed princely: painted wooden ceilings, sculpted plaster work and mosaics, all of them exquisite.
National Art Museum

Location: Mozambique
Country: Maputo
Brief Info: National Art Museum of Mozambique in Maputo was opened in 1989. It is located in the lively and densely populated district of Bairro Central.
Gidan Makama Museum

Location: Hudson Museum
Country: Nigeria
Brief Info: Gidan Makama Museum is one of the thirty-two Museums under the National Commission for Museums and Monuments of the Federal republic of Nigeria.
The Omani Museum

Location: Medinat Al Alam (Information City) near the Ministry of Information.
Country: Oman
Brief Info: It contains a wealth of archaeological information, displaying various artifacts. There is also information pertaining to Oman's minerals, agricultural methods and its distinctive architecture.
Lahore Museum

Location:
Country: Pakistan
Brief Info: Lahore Museum, was established in 1894 in Lahore, Pakistan, and it is a major museum of the South Asia. Lahore Museum is also known as Central Museum. The museum has on display a number of objects including Greco-Buddhist sculptures, Mughal and Pahari paintings .
 
 
     
 
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