Event Courses and Workshops Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of Magtymguly: Turkmenistan's National Poet

Date and Location

  • When: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

  • Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - Whittall Pavilion (LJG45E)

    10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Take a trip along the Silk Road and listen to Turkmen musicians play the Dutar and Gyjak, stringed instruments, while traditional performers  sing poems by Magtymguly, the Turkmen national poet on the 300th anniversary of his birth. View a display of Turkmen collections at the Library of Congress.