The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman (russian: Национальный Историко-археологический музейный комплекс «Сулайман-Тоо») is a museum in

Osh Osh (Kyrgyz: Ош, romanised Osh; uz, O‘sh/Ўш) is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country and often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country (e ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

. It was established in 1949 as ''Osh Regional Museum''. The present museum building was completed during the

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era in 1978 to celebrate the 3,000th anniversary of the city of Osh. It was carved inside the

Sulayman Mountain The Sulayman Mountain ( ky, Сулайман-Тоо, also known as Sulaiman-Too, Sulayman Rock, or Sulayman Throne) is the only World Heritage Site located entirely in the country of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the city of Osh and was once a maj ...

, which became a

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in 2009. The structure represents a glassed concrete arch that closes the entry to the cave. The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman is one of the largest museums in Kyrgyzstan.Сулайман Тоо
Tourist.kg (in Russian). Retrieved 16 June 2014. The collections include more than 33,000 pieces of archaeological and ethnographic facts, works of handicraft, paintings, sculptures and graphics.The Sacred Mountain Sulaiman Too
Trip to Kyrgyzstan. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

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