MuseumsUnder 1 km away
State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan
Tashkent's main art museum, with Buddhist and Sogdian finds, Uzbek applied art, Russian and European paintings and 20th-century Central Asian painters.
State Museum of Geology of Uzbekistan
The national geology museum in central Tashkent, with tens of thousands of minerals, gemstones and fossils in 12 halls and an outdoor rock park.
MuseumsFounded 1926; opened 1988
About the place
The museum belongs to Uzbekistan's geological survey. Its roots go back to 1926, and the present museum opened to the public in 1988, built on collections gathered by the country's geologists over many decades and on gifts from well-known geologists.
Twelve halls cover mineralogy, gemstones, metals, the geological history of Central Asia, palaeontology and ancient mining, and only part of the more than 30,000 items is on show at any time. Outside, a geological park displays large rock samples from around the country.
Why go
- Gemstones and minerals from across Uzbekistan
- Fossils and ancient mining finds
- Outdoor park of rock samples
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