Address: 15, str.
Rakatboshi, Yakkasaray district, Tashkent
Phone: (+998 71) 256-40-42, 256-39-43
Phone: (+998 71) 256-40-42, 256-39-43
Working hours: from 09:00 a.m. to 09:00 p.m. (w/o lunch, cash-desk closes at 05:00 p.m.)
Web site: www.artmuseum.uz
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| Sketches of various professions adorn the first hall. Beautiful work. |
I am going to let the exhibits speak for themselves as they are just too beautiful. We were stunned by the quality of the work.
There are
different interpretations on its past history and what the building was used
for.
Until the middle
of 1930, the building housed a children's home. Later different organizations
were opened, including the training center carving ganch, embossing. History of
Museum of Applied Art of Uzbekistan dates back to 1927, when the first
exhibition of artworks by artists of Uzbekistan was held here. Since July 1937
there used to be a museum of handicrafts when it was called the Museum of
Handicrafts. 
In 1960, it was named "The permanent
exhibition of applied art of Uzbekistan".
In 1997 the building was intended for
the Ministry of culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and received the status
of “State Museum of Arts and Crafts”.
The Museum of
Applied Art lists over 7,000 samples of applied arts: handmade embroidery,
skull-caps (tyubeteyka), jewelry, carpets and other examples of craftsmanship
of the beginning of the 19th century to present day.
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| The quality of the embroidery is mind blowing ! |
All the exhibits
of Museum of Applied Art of Uzbekistan can be divided into three groups:
- Works of applied arts based on
ancient traditions and relating to schools;
- Works created since the second half
of the 19th century with due consideration of traditional craftsmen’s methods;
- Works of modern art, decorated with
colorful ornaments on the basis of the modern arts development.
The Museum of
Applied Art of Uzbekistan also has two gift shops, where you can buy a
painting, graphics, porcelain, carpets, embroidery, fabrics, jewelry, coinage,
varnished miniature by modern Uzbek masters.
Several hundreds
of exhibits representing the diversity of arts and crafts of the country: ceramic, metal, carving and
painting on wood, artistic hand and machine embroidery, carpets, gold
embroidery. This is the work of professional folk artisans who create original
works of applied art.
Its walls are decorated with ornamental carvings ganch and wooden ceiling covered with decorative painting in the technique kundal.
Best examples from the collection of national decorative art, exhibited in 13 rooms of the museum are in harmony with the architectural complex of the building.
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