National Museum of Turkmenistan

　　    Funded by Turkey, it was opened on November 12, 1998. The museum is located on the southern side of Ashgabat, grand in scale, covering an area of 22,500 square meters, with 16,000 square meters dedicated to exhibitions. The main building houses a conference hall, exhibition halls, offices, warehouses, a technical restoration department, and a café.

　　    Four semi-circular open-air theaters are situated outside the main building. The museum’s exhibition halls include separate rooms for independent exhibits, nature, prehistory, antiquity, the Middle Ages, and folklore, displaying approximately 20,000 items.

　　 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan