AttractionsUnder 1 km away
Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan
A Tashkent theatre founded in 1928 as the Russian Theatre of the Young Spectator, now staging plays for both young and adult audiences.
Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature
A museum of Uzbek literature in central Tashkent, run by the Academy of Sciences, with medieval manuscripts, portraits and material on Alisher Navoi.
MuseumsOpened 1947
About the place
The museum grew out of an exhibition prepared for the 500th anniversary of the poet Alisher Navoi and opened as a separate institution in 1947. Since 1967 it has had its own four-storey building, and it belongs to the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, so it is both a research centre and a public museum.
The collection runs to more than 17,000 items: handwritten books from the Middle Ages, miniatures, portraits and documents on Uzbek writers, with Navoi at the centre. It suits visitors with an interest in the written culture of Central Asia.
Why go
- Medieval handwritten books and miniatures
- The life and work of Alisher Navoi
- A research museum of the Academy of Sciences
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EnsemblesUnder 1 km away
Alisher Navoi Cinema Palace
A 1964 modernist cinema on Navoi Street in Tashkent, the first panoramic cinema in Central Asia and since 2026 part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Yunus Khan Mausoleum
A 15th-century Timurid-era mausoleum of the Moghul ruler Yunus Khan, Babur's grandfather, standing near the Sheikhantaur cemetery area.
MausoleumsUnder 1 km away
Sheikhantaur Complex
A group of tombs and mosques in central Tashkent around the grave of the 14th-century Sufi Sheikh Hovendi at-Tahur, with mausoleums from the 15th century.