sculpture from Tepe Sardar and other monastic institutions in Afghanistan; and a large collection of Islamic art from the Ghazvanid and Timurid periods found at Ghazni. Numismatic Collection The National Museum has a large collection of coins, the Austrian numismatist Robert Göbl reported it contained 30,000 objects during a UNESCO sponsored audit of the collection. It is unknown how much the collection has grown since or what was lost during the various wars since. The collection contains the bulk of archaeological material recovered in Afghanistan. It has not been published, but individual hoards and archaeological sites have been. The French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA) published the coin finds made at the town of Surkh Kotal. Some of the coins found at the excavation of Begram have been published. Part of the Mir Zakah hoard, a very unusual deposit containing enormous numbers of coins from the fourth century BC to third century AD, totalling silver and copper coins were kept in the museum. Part of the hoard was published by DAFA. The museum has appointed a curator for Numismatics but the collection remains closed to scholars and the general public. The travelling collection Certain important parts of the collection, including material from Begram, Ai Khanum, Tepe Fullol, and the gold jewellery from all six of the excavated burials at Tillya Tepe, have been on travelling exhibition since 2006. They have been exhibited at the Guimet Museum in France, four museums in the US, four art galleries in Australia, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Bonn Museum in Germany, and most recently to the British Museum. They continue to tour and will eventually return to the National Museum. Gallery See also Carla Grissmann History of Afghanistan Bactria (satrapy) References External links Official website (archive version) Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul | National Geographic Gold Exhibit The Pillage of Kabul Museum Museum Under Siege by Nancy Hatch Dupree Association for the Protection of Afghan Archeology Museums in Afghanistan Buildings and structures in Kabul Government buildings completed in 1922 Cultural infrastructure completed in 1922