The Ethnographic Research Museum in Kabul houses nearly two thousand ancient artifacts from various periods.

Officials at this museum say that some of the artifacts in this museum date back over a hundred years, and thousands of people visit this museum annually.

This museum is built in the palace of Shah Babo Jan (the palace of Amir Abdul Rahman Khan's sister, Shah Babo Jan), the emir of Afghanistan (1880–1901), which was once the residence of this queen in the heart of the capital, Kabul.

According to officials, the Ethnographic Museum, which is built in a European architectural style with more than forty rooms and various corridors, now displays the customs and traditions of the country's thirty-four provinces, and each corridor of this museum represents different narratives of the country's culture.

Chief Researcher Ketab Khan Faizi, head of the Kushani International Research Center, said, "This museum was a palace, the palace of Shah Babo Jan that Amir Abdul Rahman Khan built for his sister Shah Babo Jan. Indeed, it was designed in a European Boroque system by Austrian engineers and constructed by engineers from Kabul, and this palace has two floors and forty rooms."

This museum, has also drawn foreign tourists. A Polish tourist, along with his wife and friends, has come here to learn about the history of Afghanistan.

Vivian Kalbash, a tourist from Poland, said: "About this museum, I think it's the best museum in Kabul. It's different from anything I've seen before. If I were to give one opinion or suggestion, it would be great if, in addition to the textual explanations in Pashto and Dari, there were also in English. This would really help tourists understand what's here better."

According to the museum officials, the number of visitors to this museum has decreased in recent months.

The director of this museum seeks serious attention in increasing the number of visitors and raising awareness about the Ethnographic Research Museum among the citizens of the country by the Islamic Emirate.

Khair Mohammad Walid, the general manager of the Ethnographic Research Museum, said, "In the year 1402, the number of enthusiasts and visitors to the Ethnographic Research Museum was about nine hundred people, and since then, due to mostly rainy weather and problems, our number of visitors has decreased."

In this museum, various artifacts including clothing, ancient coins, modern carvings, and other works from the times of the Achaemenids and Greco-Bactria, as well as various armaments from previous governments, are also displayed.