Interview Seventeen
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Esfandiari, Aziz
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content: National Museum of Afghanistan Oral Histories
unitdate: label: Date
content: July 2, 2024
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2024.03, File 17
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This session focuses on the preservation and restoration of artifacts after 2001 at the National Museum of Afghanistan. This work began with the museum building itself in 2001. First with climate control and then with display and storage spaces that met modern museum standards. Mr. Masoudi discusses the challenges of dust infiltration, locating chemicals and supplies necessary for restoration work; the limited number of staff; and assistance from the British Museum and the Guimet Museum, as well as broader international collaboration and assistance.