National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman, Historical and archaeological museum in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman is a museum in Osh whose main building, completed in 1978, is a glassed concrete arch closing the entrance to a cave in Sulayman Mountain. Its collections hold more than 33,000 archaeological and ethnographic items, handicrafts, paintings, sculptures and graphics.
The museum opened in 1949 as the Osh Regional Museum. Its present building, a glassed concrete arch closing the entrance to a cave in Sulayman Mountain, was completed in 1978 for the 3,000th anniversary of the city of Osh. The mountain itself was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
The museum's name links it to Sulayman Mountain, called Sulayman-Too locally, and the collection holds more than 33,000 archaeological and ethnographic pieces, handicrafts, paintings, sculptures and graphics. The building was finished in 1978 for the 3,000th anniversary of Osh, so the exhibits sit inside the mountain that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
The museum entrance is closed by a glassed concrete arch set into the rock of Sulayman Mountain, so you enter through this portal rather than a separate building. The complex sits within the mountain above Osh, and the collections are spread over more than 33,000 items, so allow time to see the archaeological and ethnographic sections.
The museum entrance is closed by a glassed concrete arch set into Sulayman Mountain; the mountain itself was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. The building was completed in 1978 for the 3,000th anniversary of Osh.
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