2006—Preparation

In February 2006, Sean McAllister and Susanne Novotny participated in the workshop “Information Systems for Science, Cultural Heritage Management & E-Government in Afghanistan” held at RWTH Aachen University. In September 2006, Patrick McAllister and Susanne Novotny visited the Kabul Museum in order to obtain information on the current status of the database, as well as to make preparations for the training of two members of the Kabul Museum staff in database management and numismatics in Vienna. In order to make further preparations and discuss the training details, Deborah Klimburg-Salter met with Director Omara Khan Masoudi in December 2006.

2007—First international training seminar, Vienna

The first training in Vienna took place in January 2007. Two curators from the Kabul Museum, Ezatullah Sharifi and Najibullah Assadi, completed a two-week training program at the University of Vienna and the Coin Cabinet of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.

Since 2007, the Barakat Trust, Oxford has funded our capacity building programs in the Kabul Museum, providing intensive English language and computer literacy courses for all staff.