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In the latest campaign to distribute certificates for the gratuitous receipt of book-albums from the series 'Architectural Epigraphy of Uzbekistan', representatives…

New stage in the development of musical art takes place in the final third of the 14th – beginning of the 15th century during the reign of Amir Temur. Once…

The basis of the bosh is a round braid cap kiygich, the front part of which was decorated with an embroidered braid. The embroidery was made of multicolored…

The rich pre-Islamic traditions of secular court music in Central Asia and their “schools” for female singers, dancers and instrumentalists had a noticeable…

In the 19th century in Central Asia chapans (a form of coat) were worn as outer wear under various names depending on how they were made, the materials…

The main centers of Khorezm ceramics are the village of Madyr and the settlement of Kattabog near Khiva. Khorezm ceramics are recognizable by particular…

Rishtan is one of the oldest and best-known centers for fused ceramics. Rishtan artisans have been producing pieces on the basis of this traditional…

The Saxonian State Collections of Ethnography (SES) were formed in 2004 from the three ethnological museums in Saxony – Leipzig, Dresden and Herrnhut. All…

In the city of Shahrisabz, Kashkadarya region, there is a rare architectural structure - a crypt, which Amir Temur prepared for himself.‌‌ If we keep…

The conquest of Central Asia (Mawarannahr) by the Arabs, its incorporation into the caliphate and the assertion of Islam as the unified religion here by…

Gold embroidery is an urban and court craft, developed in Bukhara.   he State Museum of Arts has assembled a unique collection of festive men’s and…

Throughout its history, the art of gold embroidery has gained undying fame. There is every reason to believe that the art of gold stitching flourished…

In the State Museum of Applied Arts and Crafts History of Uzbekistan, knives and sheaths are highlighted in a separate collection. Uzbek knives are quite…

The "Turkestan Collection" (full title – "The Turkestan Collection of Works and Articles Pertaining to Central Asia in General and the Turkestan Region…

The history of creating and maintaining personal libraries and book collections in Central Asia dates back to the distant past, from the 8th to the 14th…

The manuscript fund, unique and especially valuable publications of the National Library of Uzbekistan, is part of the library's holdings, consisting of…

Uzbekistan’s figurative pottery center is Samarkand.   One of the old masters who left a lasting mark on the local style was Umarkul Jurakulov…

Ikat fabrics hold a special place in the collection of the State Museum of Arts.   They got their name (abr) because of the complicated and painstaking…

The production of fabrics – cotton, silk, semi-silk and woollen – has been known on the territory of Uzbekistan since ancient times. Silk-weaving as…

In miniature painting, for the first time in the medieval Oriental art, the theme of labor was covered in detail by Behzad in miniatures depicting the…

In the 19th – early 20th centuries the main material for gold embroidery was velvet (bakhmal); silk, local semi-silk fabric called alocha, wool fabrics,…

The main and commonest embroidery material until the late 19th century was silk thread of local production.   Women independently grew silkworms…

Pottery is the oldest traditional folk art of Uzbekistan. Contemporary Uzbek showpiece ceramics as well as ceramics for everyday use are heirs to the…

The Saxonian State Collections of Ethnography (SES) were formed in 2004 from the three ethnological museums in Saxony – Leipzig, Dresden and Herrnhut.   All…