Exploring The National Museum Of Tajikistan In Dushanbe

National museums can act as a collective attic and the main Tajikistan museum in Dushanbe is a typical example. Some archeological artifacts, old textiles, some taxidermy, painting, busts of important figures, maybe a koran, some mining information. Time to explore.

The building is new and impressive. Lots of display space.

Starting early, the great cave man hunting party. Pensive dog, sad sheep. A hefty horse, roped off.

Important folks come in threes.

Proud paintings. There's a wall of WWII, Great Patriotic War portraits, looking a bit like folk art. King cotton, the crop so successful that mounds the size of mountains are created. Socialist triumph!

On to the Ice Age. A room re-creating arctic conditions. Chilling.

Strolling Rudaki Park In Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Dushanbe is the capital of Tajikistan and the country has created a nice, central park to celebrate its heritage and to provide a little green space for its people.

Photo-bombed by Ismail Samani, important amir from the 900s.

More pieces of grand ambition, a triumphal arch entrance and a super giant, marble map of what Tajikistan looked like in the 9th, 10th centuries.

Cosmic. Rudaki, a great author, writer, poet from the 8th century. The park is named for him.

Jumping about 10 centuries, a monument to current Tajikistan independence. Tall. Unfinished business. Awaiting renovation, Your Century Here.

Rudaki park is a nice respite from the urban grid of Dushanbe, especially the large lake area.