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Amir Timur Museum

A domed museum beside Amir Timur Square devoted to Timur and the Timurid dynasty, with manuscripts, weapons, models and a large painted interior.

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About the place

The museum opened in 1996, the year Uzbekistan marked the 660th anniversary of Timur's birth. Its round building with a ribbed blue dome was designed to echo Timurid architecture.

Inside, a tall central hall with a large chandelier and gilded decoration leads to displays on Timur's campaigns, his descendants such as Ulugh Beg and Babur, and the science and art of their courts. There are copies of manuscripts and miniatures, armour, coins and models of Samarkand buildings.

Many exhibits are reproductions, and the tone is commemorative, but the museum gives a useful overview before a trip to Samarkand and Shahrisabz.

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    A 30-metre clock tower of 1947 beside Amir Timur Square, built for the end of the Second World War; a mirror copy was added across the street in 2009.

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