Monument of Amir Ismail Samani

It was opened for the Shanghai summit, a new park on Rudaki Avenue that has a huge statue of Rudaki, a new government palace, and enough fountains to drain the whole of Dushanbe. Go at night to see the lights.

This small museum has an interesting variety of Central Asian musical instruments as string instruments example: rubab, Pamiri rubab, tanbur, dutor, setor, qashqar, and ghizhak. There are also number of drums such as tabl, daf, and doyra. That alone is worth a peek if you like instruments, but better still is to go when a musical or cultural event is being held, or hope to catch the folk musicians who practice there and can demo many of the instruments in the collection.

The second tallest free-standing flagpole in the world (162 m). This flagpole flies an 1800 sqm flag of Tajikistan, weighing 700 kg.

Regularly has free or cheap concerts sponsored by embassies and travel companies.

Located in a nice monument building.