Uzbekistan with its rich history and culture will become a paradise for the museum lovers, because the country is simply replete with them and only by visiting them, you can appreciate the country’s cultural heritage. Most of the museums are located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. There are about 50 museums of various profiles in Tashkent alone. The State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan, one of the largest and oldest, has more than 250 thousand exhibits of archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic collections.
Also Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and other cities of Uzbekistan have wonderful and interesting museums.
Popular museums in Uzbekistan
In Tashkent:
The State Museum of History of Uzbekistan
The State Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan
The State Museum of Temurids History
Tashkent Polytechnic Museum
Tashkent Museum of Railway Technics
Museum of Cinema of Uzbekistan
The State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan
The State Museum of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan
The Geological Museum of Uzbekistan
Museum of Victims of Political Repression in Tashkent
Museum of Olympic Glory
Museum of Astronomy
The Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature
Museum of Communications History of Uzbekistan
Pumpkin Museum
In Samarkand:
The Observatory and memorial Museum Ulugbek
The State Museum of Culture History of Uzbekistan
Afrasiab Museum
The house-museum of Sadriddin Aini
Chorsu Art Gallery
Samarkand Regional Museum of Local Lore
In Bukhara:
The House museum of Faizulla Khodjaev
The Bukhara State Architectural Art Museum-Preserve
Museum of Oriental miniature named after Kamoliddin Behzod
Workshop-museum of Bukhara dolls
In Khiva:
Museum of the History of Khorezm named after Al-Khwarizmi
Museum of Applied Art and Life
Craft Museum
