Artsakh State Museum

lost places : Artsakh State Museum ( formerly - darkometer rating : 3 -) This was a small museum in Stepanakert , the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh , about local history – including the Karabakh war of the early 1990s. Since all of Nagorno-Karabakh, including the capital, was “recaptured” by Azerbaijan in their military offensive of September 2023, which triggered the mass exodus of practically the entire Armenian population of the region, this museum will most likely also have been deserted. Maybe some older historical artefacts will be kept – while the museum’s name most certainly will not. The 1990s war parts are also certain to disappear, even if the museum as such may not. The text below is adapted from the original chapter I had penned after my visit to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2010. It is now only of historical interest and no longer a description of a current dark-tourism site. It’s a lost place . -------------------------------- > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: see under Nagorno-Karabakh . What there is to see: when I stayed in Stepanakert I wanted to see this museum because I had read that it had many interesting objects relating to the Nagorno-Karabakh war of the 1990s – and because you allegedly could get a free guided tour in English there. The latter was indeed the case – a surprisingly young and professional lady greeted me in very good English when I first went there. But unfortunately she had to inform me that because of a power cut, we couldn't go on the tour, or indeed even enter the museum. So I had to come back the next day. Never mind. And not their fault, of course.