{{Infobox Museum |name = OMAR Mine Museum |native_name = |image = Landmine display.jpg |image_upright = |caption = Mine display |alt = |map_type = |map_caption = |map_alt = |coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=it}} |established = |dissolved = |location = [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] |type = |collection_size = |visitors = |director = |president = |curator = |public_transit = |network = |website = }}
The '''OMAR Mine Museum''' in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], contains a collection of 51 types of [[land mine]]s out of the 53 that have been used in that country. OMAR is an acronym for the [[Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation]], a group who formed in 1990 with the motto "Clear Mines Save Lives".<ref>{{cite web |title=OMAR – Clear Mines Save Lives |url=https://omar.org.af |website=OMAR |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref> The museum was founded in 1994, with the aim of educating visitors about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. <ref name="museum">{{cite web |title=Museum – OMAR |url=https://omar.org.af/museum/ |website=OMAR |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref> == Mine collection == [[File:Russian butterfly mines.jpg|thumb|left|Butterfly mines]] The collection includes [[unexploded ordnance]], [[cluster bomb]]s and airdrop bombs used by the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]. All items in the museum are confirmed to be free from explosives.
The museum educates school groups to detect and avoid unexploded ordnance including landmines and cluster bomblets from historic and ongoing Afghan wars. The museum tells the stories of the lives of those affected by landmines, and features accounts of those involved in clearing unexploded landmines. The organisation also works to educate on safety for those living in areas still affected by unexploded mines. <ref>{{cite web |title=Omar Mine Museum |url=https://evendo.com/locations/afghanistan/gandhara/attraction/omar-mine-erw-war-museum?currency=usd |website=Evendo |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
The museum was seriously damaged in a July 1, 2019 attack.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Faizi |first=Fatima |last2=Nordland |first2=Rod |last3=Gibbons-Neff |first3=Thomas |date=2019-07-01 |title=Bombing Kills Dozens and Hurts Schoolchildren as Taliban Talks Resume |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/world/asia/afghanistan-bombing-war-museum.html |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The museum also displays a variety of other military hardware from wars fought in Afghanistan over the recent decades, including artillery, surface-to-air missiles, and a collection of Soviet military aircraft, many of which were used by the [[Afghanistan Air Force]] during the war. Some of these aircraft were damaged during the attack on the museum. <ref>{{cite web |title=AirHistory.net - OMAR Mine Museum aircraft photos |url=https://www.airhistory.net/collection/660/OMAR-Mine-Museum |website=www.airhistory.net |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
For security reasons, the museum is not open for casual visitors. All appointments must be made through the main OMAR office. <ref>{{cite web |title=Afghanistan's Sobering Mine Museum |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/omar-mine-museum |website=Atlas Obscura |access-date=16 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
== Aircraft on display == [[File:BMP-1, BRDM-2 and a Sukhoi military aircraft.jpg|thumb|A Sukhoi Su-7 at the OMAR Mine Museum]]
* [[Sukhoi Su-7|Su-7]] * [[Yakovlev Yak-40|Yak-40]] * [[Aero L-39 Albatros|L-39]] * [[Mil Mi-8|Mi-8]] * [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG-17]] * [[Antonov An-2|An-2]] * [[Mi-24 (Hind-A)|Mi-24]] * [[Yakovlev Yak-11|Yak-11]]
==Gallery== <gallery> Anti-tank mines.jpg|anti-tank mines Kabul landmine museum.jpg|Display at Kabul landmine museum </gallery>
==See also== *[[List of museums in Afghanistan]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://thevelvetrocket.com/2008/05/24/omar-mine-museum-or-omar-land-mine-museum-depending-on-whom-you-ask/ The Velvet Rocket.com: OMAR Mine Museum] * [http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Afghanistan/East/Kabul/blog-49393.html TravelBlog.org: OMAR Mine Museum] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091104015524/http://blog.vm.ee/2008/09/visit-to-the-omar-mine-museum-omar-miinimuuseumi-kulastus/ Blog.vm.ee—Our Man in Kabul: OMAR Mine Museum]
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