Interview One
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Esfandiari, Aziz
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content: National Museum of Afghanistan Oral Histories
unitdate: label: Date
content: November 2, 2023
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2024.03, File 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This interview begins with a discussion of the historical background of the National Museum of Afghanistan and the beginning of Mr. Masoudi's work at the museum. Mr. Masoudi discusses the various building that have housed the National Museum; changes after the French archaeological delegation began excavations in 1922; exhibitions and artifacts on display; Mr. Masoudi's early career; museum documentation and card catalog system; government support in the 1970s and 1980s; relocation and transfer of artifacts; the Tahvildari or custodianship system; the structure of depots, galleries, and exhibitions; the work of the French Archaeological delegation in Afghanistan – DAFA and Soviet archaeological delegations; and the Tillya Tepe artifacts discovery and care.