National Museum of Afghanistan

The National Museum of Afghanistan (in Persian: موزیم ملی افغانستان, Muzem e-Milli-ye Afghanistan), also known as the National Museum of Afghanistan and the Kabul Museum is a two storey building located 9 km west central the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. It was built in 1922 during the reign of King Amanullah Khan.

His collection has been one of the largest in Central Asia with more than 100,000 articles dating back several millennia. In the 1990s, the museum was looted several times resulting in a loss of 70% of 100 000 samples.

The harvest began in the "Curiosity Cabinet" in 1919.In 1973, the Danish architect was hired to design the new museum building, but plans were never implemented because of political instability.In 1989 Bactrian gold was moved to a vault of the Central Bank of Afghanistan. In 1994, the Ministry of Communications and Culture Department, the government of President Rabbani has ordered the 71 museum staff to begin moving the inventory to the Hotel Kabul to save them to remain strong and shells.

March 12 December 1994 Museum, which was used as a military base, hit the rocket fire, and largely destroyed. In September 1996, the museum staff has completed an inventory of remaining materials, which were then transferred to the Kabul Hotel.

In 2003, the international community invested U.S. $ 350 000 to renovate the building. Again it was inaugurated September 29, 2004. Fortunately, many of the most valuable elements were sealed in metal containers and removed to safety and was recovered and inventoried in 2004. Some archaeological objects were found in vaults in Kabul, while a collection was also found in Switzerland.