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The Kabul Museum exhibits the same resilience as the Afghans - no matter how many times it was burned, bombed & pillaged, every single time it resurrected from the ashes and lived on to tell the story of a rich heritage & history of thousands of years.
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With a humble beginning in 1919 during Amanullah's reign, thanks to the foreign archaeological missions in Afghanistan, the collections of the Museums quickly rose in number with the all of its artifacts excavated and collected from within Afghanistan.
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Fast forward to 1929, Habibullah Kalakani aka Bacha-e-Saqao led a successful revolt and overthrew Amanullah Khan.He declared Amanullah Khan an idol worshiper, & banned all types of photos and figurative art. He burnt carpets of the palace that had such art & destroyed valuables*
When the #city is like a #museum, with layers of #history #stories in each breath-just go out& explore.We did exactly that😊celebrated #internationalmuseumday with young #designers walking around lanes of historic #bombay Thanks Bharat, Manu, Saurav Vaibhav for coming on the tour
The #icom theme for 2019 was: ‘Museums as Cultural Hubs: The future of tradition’ - we followed it by discovering the beautiful Maneckji Sett Parsi Fire Temple in our walk in #Fort. It’s the second oldest Fire temple of the Parsis in the culturally diverse city, made in 1733
Two grand #lamassu (protective deities depicted as hybrid figures including a human head, a body of an ox or a lion &wings of a bird) are seated at the entrance.
#InternationalMuseumDay #museumweek #womeninculture #secretsmw #playmw #rainbowmw #exploremw #photomw #friendsmw
#InternationalMuseumDay #museumweek #womeninculture #secretsmw #playmw #rainbowmw #exploremw #photomw #friendsmw
During his life Edward Lovett (1852-1933) amassed a huge collection of objects mostly relating to his passion for folklore, charms, amulets and superstitions. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat [THREAD]
Lovett worked for much of his life at the Bank of Scotland in London, rising to the rank of Chief Cashier, but in his leisure time he took great pleasure in his collecting trips to the working-class areas of London. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
Lovett searched all over London for these amuletic necklaces and drew this map charting were he had found them being sold. #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2018 #welovett #wehaveacharmforthat
