Information about recreation State Museum of History of Uzbekistan
Museum’s exposition gives a visitor an opportunity to imagine all stages of long-term development of civilization in Central Asia, starting from the Stone Age and establishment of first states in the territory of Uzbekistan up to modern times. Many exhibits of the museum are world-famous. Among them the large bronze Saxon cauldron of V-IV centuries B.C., decorated by the statuettes of animals, or a magnificent sculpture image of Buddha of I century A.D., which was found in Surkhandarya region. Museum has a fine collection of ancient ceramics and fabrics. Besides a large set of ancient coins, the museum holds more than 250,000 exhibits. Museum holds significant archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic collections, as well as sets of documents, historical relics and pieces of art.
State museum of history of Uzbekistan is the oldest museum institution of Central Asia. It was established on July 12 1876 as Turkestan public museum. Thanks to a self-sacrificial work of public organizations and private contributions the museum was rapidly filled with exhibits. Besides the main exposition, it provided collections for demonstration on various temporary exhibitions, including those in Paris (1900) and Milan (1906). The museum assisted in the establishment of museums in Samarkand (1896) and Ferghana (1899). Starting from February 1919 it functioned as Turkestan state (later Main Central Asian) museum. In XX century the museum repeatedly changed its exposition halls and own names. At present time it operates in a specially constructed museum building in the center of the city. There is a souvenir shop in the museum, where you can buy pieces of traditional art of Uzbekistan – ceramics, miniatures, national fabrics, carpets and hand-made embroideries. Working hours: 9:30 – 18:00 Day off: Monday Guided tours in Russian and Uzbek languages. Guided tour in English should be requested in advance.
