Interview Eighteen
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Esfandiari, Aziz
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content: National Museum of Afghanistan Oral Histories
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content: July 16, 2024
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: FSA.A2024.03, File 18
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content: Archival materials
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content: This interview focuses on the educational programs and outreach to school students, university students, researchers, and museum professionals. Mr. Masoudi describes how lack of financial resources and access to technology are major challenges. In the 2010s, the museum had initiatives with the Aga Khan Foundation and the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, including programs for high school students in Kabul. The museum ran an educational program for employees of the Ministry of Information and Culture. They also invested heavily in the education and training of museum staff, with significant international support, and built connections with Kabul University and the academic community.