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The Uzbek collection of artifacts forms a part of the Central Asian collection of the Náprstek Museum. Almost half of the items consist of works of applied…

Written references related to the history of Uzbekistan can be found in the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague. This primarily concerns two…

The uniqueness of the Turkestan avantgarde was the fact that it got acquired the experience and achievements of the Russian avantgarde (and the Russian…

The richness and diversity of traditional Uzbek costumes was memorialised in the journals of European merchants visiting oasis cities in the 19th century…

The al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan was founded in 1943 on the basis of the Oriental Department…

The al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan was founded in 1943 on the basis of the Oriental Department…

The art of making silk fabric flourished in the cities-oasesis, located on the routes of the Great Silk Road. First of all, there should be mentioned…

Since the middle 1530s Bukhara became the residence of the supreme ruler of the Shibanids. Herati calligraphy masters worked at the court of ‘Abd al-Aziz…

One of the popular images in abr fabrics in the Reisbord collection is the tree motif. Brought to Central Asia from Persia, the tall and narrow evergreen…

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

During the mosque interior refurbishment in 2005, the master A. Ergashev wrote a fragment from the Koran over the northern entrance aperture. This new…

The clothes of elderly women was light, mainly from white cotton fabric: white dress aq keilek, aq kiymeshek headwear, cape-robe aq zhegde. They were…

On the door of the mausoleum of the architectural monument Dar us-Sadat in Shahrisabz, Kashkadarya region, where the Timurid prince Jahangir Mirzo is buried,…

At the beginning of the 20th century, the tahia decorated with coins and corals wore only by teenage girls up to 14 – 45 years. On the sides of the…

A significant part of the Fitzwilliam Museum's collection consists of Central Asian coins originating from the territory of modern Uzbekistan. Over the…

In April 1891, a beautiful calligraphic copy of the astronomical treatise by al-Sufi, "Suwar al-kawakib al-sabita" ("Images of the Fixed Stars"), with…

The French collections of illustrated manuscripts from Mawarannahr represent a significant part of the cultural heritage stored in the National Library…

Miho Museum keeps collections of art of the ancient civilizations of the world, from Egypt and Mesopotamia, to China and Ancient America. The art of…

We have provided information about some of the unique collections in the Shosoin treasury. In total, the treasury contains six glass vessels.‌‌ ‌‌Glass…

The State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I. V. Savitskiy is known far beyond Uzbekistan. Moreover, many foreign experts-art…

Complementing the collection are numerous pieces of headgear adorned with characteristic ornaments, embroidery stitches and motifs characteristic for different…

Apart from the material culture of Asia and Oceania, the Museum holds works by Polish artists inspired by the region. Stanisław Poznański has an important…

The sepulchral complex of Qusam ibn ‘Abbas consists of two structures: rooms for pilgrims (ziyaratkhana) and the cist proper. A small room for the ritual…

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