MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS OF UZBEKISTAN

18^th of May International Museum Day was celebrated in Tashkent. All the museums prepared programs and opened their doors for guests.

I decided to go to the Museum of Applied Arts. It was the first time I was there. I didn’t know that the museum has such a long history. The first exhibition was held in 1927! But only in 1997 the museum was handed over to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Uzbekistan and received a status of the ‘State Museum of Applied Art’.

Nowadays there are priceless samples of applied art from the first half of 19^th century to the present time are collected in the halls of museum.

You can contemplate art works made by golden hands of masters while walking around the museum. Every hall has its subjects: clay, clothes, wood etc.

If you are tired you can have rest here. There are some benches inside the museum.

Prices are low, for locals price a little bit lower, than for foreigners. For foreigners it is about 1.5$. If you enjoy applied art you should definitely go to the Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan.

Find out more about the museum here: http://muzeyart.uz/