{"id":1531,"date":"2020-08-27T10:10:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/staging\/?destination=national-museum-of-turkmenistan"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:41:44","slug":"national-museum-of-turkmenistan","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/destination\/national-museum-of-turkmenistan\/","title":{"rendered":"National Museum of Turkmenistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/visitsilkroad\/clvl3cel701dq01phev10aq9m\/static\/pin-s+ff0000(58.34911400000001,37.8851934)\/58.34911400000001,37.8851934,12.5,0\/725x300?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidmlzaXRzaWxrcm9hZCIsImEiOiJjbHV2YWEzbDMwMWRvMmpvYXd1NzRkNDcwIn0.iA4-BEz1MfIrSQRk3uxVkw\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"getting-there\">Getting There<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is located in Ashgabat. You can get there by taxi, bus, or private vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-expect\">What to Expect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first floor of the main building are the Department of Independence, the Department of the Turkmen Carpet and Temporary Exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the second floor &#8211; the department of the history of the Ancient World, Margush, Parthia and two halls of the history of the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel.kb-gallery-id-_6ca8c9-27 .kt-blocks-carousel .kt-blocks-carousel-init .kb-slide-item{padding:4px 5px;}.kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel.kb-gallery-id-_6ca8c9-27 .kt-blocks-carousel .kt-blocks-carousel-init.kb-carousel-mode-align-left .kb-slide-item{padding:4px 10px 4px 0;}.kb-gallery-id-_6ca8c9-27.kb-gallery-ul.kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel .kt-blocks-carousel figure .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_6ca8c9-27.kb-gallery-ul.kb-gallery-type-fluidcarousel .kt-blocks-carousel figure 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By Decree of the President of Turkmenistan, changes were made to the name &#8220;Main National Museum of Turkmenistan&#8221; and it became known as the &#8220;State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"facilities-available\">Facilities Available<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is located in the capital, so housing, bars\/restaurants, public toilets are available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is Wi-Fi, tourist information (including in foreign languages), public transport, fuel, taxis, shopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Museum of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat is the greatest museum complex in Turkmenistan and the Middle East, combining the collections of the former museums of history and ethnography, regional study and the arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12589,"parent":0,"template":"","destination_type":[17],"location":[44,27],"site_type":[168],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-1531","destination","type-destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","destination_type-site","location-ashgabat","location-turkmenistan","site_type-monuments-museums"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/destination"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20015,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1531\/revisions\/20015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"destination_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination_type?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"site_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site_type?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}