Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Reserve

The Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Reserve is the oldest nature reserve in Central Asia. It also the first in the world to get status of a UNESCO biosphere preserve. For more than 70 years fauna and flora of Aksu-Dzabagly have been safe from ax, hunting and industrial pollution. The symbol of the preserve is Graid's Tulip. The Aksu Canyon - is 15 km long and 500 m deep, with a width between the canyon walls of 600-800m.

There is also a paleonthological preserve a the altitude of 3000 m above the sea level. Petroglyphs here go back to the 5-7th cc BC.

Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Reserve

The Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Reserve is the oldest nature reserve in Central Asia. It also the first in the world to get status of a UNESCO biosphere preserve. For more than 70 years fauna and flora of Aksu-Dzabagly have been safe from ax, hunting and industrial pollution. The symbol of the preserve is Graid's Tulip. The Aksu Canyon - is 15 km long and 500 m deep, with a width between the canyon walls of 600-800m.

There is also a paleonthological preserve a the altitude of 3000 m above the sea level. Petroglyphs here go back to the 5-7th cc BC.

Robert Rauschenberg: Artist and Citizen

Go to the Smithsonian’s Robert Rauschenberg Traveling Exhibit website.

Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen presents 17 framed prints produced between 1970 and 1996 that reverberate with Rauschenberg’s commitment to making the world a better place .

The exhibition includes posters created for and often donated to such organizations as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the AFL-CIO as well as work from the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI), an evolving multi-media traveling exhibition of the artist’s paintings, sculpture, prints, and objects. All of the posters in the exhibition, which was developed by the University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, have been lent by the artist.

Robert Rauschenberg: Artist and Citizen

Go to the Smithsonian’s Robert Rauschenberg Traveling Exhibit website.

Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen presents 17 framed prints produced between 1970 and 1996 that reverberate with Rauschenberg’s commitment to making the world a better place .

The exhibition includes posters created for and often donated to such organizations as the United Nations, UNESCO, and the AFL-CIO as well as work from the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI), an evolving multi-media traveling exhibition of the artist’s paintings, sculpture, prints, and objects. All of the posters in the exhibition, which was developed by the University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, have been lent by the artist.

The International Council of Museums

The ICOM Home Page.

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is an international organisation of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible.

Created in 1946, ICOM is a non-governmental organisation maintaining formal relations with UNESCO and having a consultative status with the United Nations' Economic and Social Council.

13 Specialist International Organisations are affiliated to ICOM. They are:

* AEOM - Association of European Open-Air Museums
* AIMA - International Association of Agricultural Museums
* AMOI - Association of Museums of the Indian Ocean
* CAM - Commonwealth Association of Museums
* IACM - International Association of Custom Museums
* IATM - International Association of Transport and Communications Museums
* ICAM - International Confederation of Architectural Museums
* ICMM - International Congress of Maritime Museums
* MAC - Museums Association of the Caribbean
* MINOM - International Movement for a New Museology
* PIMA - Pacific Islands Museums Association
* SADCAMM - Southern Africa Development Community Association of Museums and Monuments
* SIBMAS - International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts

The International Council of Museums

The ICOM Home Page.

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is an international organisation of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible.

Created in 1946, ICOM is a non-governmental organisation maintaining formal relations with UNESCO and having a consultative status with the United Nations' Economic and Social Council.

13 Specialist International Organisations are affiliated to ICOM. They are:

* AEOM - Association of European Open-Air Museums
* AIMA - International Association of Agricultural Museums
* AMOI - Association of Museums of the Indian Ocean
* CAM - Commonwealth Association of Museums
* IACM - International Association of Custom Museums
* IATM - International Association of Transport and Communications Museums
* ICAM - International Confederation of Architectural Museums
* ICMM - International Congress of Maritime Museums
* MAC - Museums Association of the Caribbean
* MINOM - International Movement for a New Museology
* PIMA - Pacific Islands Museums Association
* SADCAMM - Southern Africa Development Community Association of Museums and Monuments
* SIBMAS - International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts