Interview Four
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Esfandiari, Aziz
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content: National Museum of Afghanistan Oral Histories
unitdate: label: Date
content: December 8, 2023
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2024.03, File 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This session focuses on the National Museum of Afghanistan's condition during the civil wars of the 1990s. The museum transferred some artifacts to a secure location, deinstalled exhibits, and closed to visitors. Mr. Masoudi discusses dealing with rumors that artifacts had been shipped to Russia; decreasing access to the museum and the degrading security situation; and attention from the United Nations, UNESCO, and foreign governments.