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THE KABUL MUSEUM As the Kabul Museum, representing the Afghan nation's culture and civilisation for many thousands of years, was in need of drastic reorganisation, work started on it in the beginning of the Third Year of the Plan. This included the installation of Plexiglass display cabinets and air conditioning units in the various galleries. Two galleries, one of the ancient relics of Bagram and the other of Islamic art, were reorganised in such a way as to make them most attractive and prominent. A new gallery, that of pre- historic Afghanistan, was opened: it was given the name of the Mundigak Gallery and in it were arranged discoveries be- longing to some five thousand years. The findings of Fundukistan were moved to a better room and the sculpture works of Afghanistan's very last Buddhist period were put on display. The Shuturak Room In this room examples of Graeco- Buddhist sculpture have been displayed, as well as slabs of marble. Stone tablets found in various parts of the country, and until recently placed in corridors in the Museum, have been removed to this room and mounted in the walls with the appropriate description beneath each one. In the newly completed depot with its specially designed cabinets ancient relics from Bagram, ivory sculptures, glassware belonging to the Alexandrian period, metalware, plasterwork and earthenware have been stored. The photographic Section A new photographic section has been opened at the museum and contains cameras and enlargers for the preparation of necessary photographs for the museum as well as for outside organisations. Photographic work has also been com- pleted on the relics of Nuristan, the sculptures of Gandahara and the dis- coveries of Fundukistan. A catalogue for the Museum is in the process of prepara- tion; it will in time be published and distributed to persons and organisations who are interested in the Museum. Ancient Nuristani woodcarving now at Kabul Museum 36