As of 2013, the museum was split into
three sections: natural history, science, and the
President of Turkmenistan. Photography is forbidden in any part of the museum, and all visitors are followed by a museum employee during their stay. Many artifacts and photographs are clear fakes or digitally edited.
Natural history The museum contains a large collection of ancient artifacts. However many are overly intricate, in pristine condition, and many thousand years old leading to questions about their authenticity. It contains over 500,000 exhibits particularly
archaeological and
ethnographical finds throughout the country including rare works of ancient
art,
paintings,
drawings,
sculptures,
carpets, rugs,
fabrics and clothing; household
utensils,
musical instruments,
weapons,
jewelry,
medals, historical documents, horn-shaped vessels made of
ivory, statuettes of
Parthian goddesses and colourful
Buddhist vases. It also contains a significant number of
fossils and rare
geological finds.
President The museum has one third of its floor space dedicated to the current
President of Turkmenistan. In this section are images of the president doing a wide variety of things, including harvesting crops with his citizens, racing autos, reading with children, playing sports, and meeting world leaders.
Science The section of the museum dedicated to science has no English captions, even though the rest of the museum does. ==See also==