Amir Timur Museum
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The State Museum of the Timurids' history is named exactly so, because it numbers more than 5 thousand of exhibits, referring to the period of Timur's governing and the dynasty of the Timurids.
Amir Timur Museum in Tashkent was established in 1996 in honor of celebrating the 660th anniversary of the birth of Amir Timur.
The Timurids Museum is situated in downtown Tashkent, in the square near the monument of Amir Timur.
The Timurids Museum is amazing with its pompousness. The building of the museum is a round engineering design with the classical eastern dome. Amir Timur Museum has three storeys, the second and third storeys are fully devoted to the Timurids' history. The interior of the museum is richly adorned with marble, pillars, paintings, eastern miniature, tinsel, and the building is ornamented with canopy. The walls of the halls are paintings, depicting Amir Timur's life and pictures from the country's history from ancient times till the present. One cannot admire the cut-glass chandelier, which is the adornment of the Timurids' history State Museum. The height of the chandelier is 8,5 meters.
The exposure of the museum is rich in archeological, ethnographical and numismatic materials. Accoutrements and objects, which got to the kingdom of Amir Timur along the Great Silk Road, are also in the Timurids Museum. The museum has important documents such as letters of Amir Timur and his posterities with European kings; clever pieces of thumbnails, copies of Amir Timur's pictures, painted by European artists of those times.
But the central museum pieces are the duplicate of the Koran and the panel devoted to Amir Timur's life. The panel shows different scenes from the commander's life. The panel is subdivided into three parts, from Amir Timur's birth to death.
The exclusive exhibits of Amir Timur Museum are presented by numerous jewelry, arms, clothes of military leaders and soldiers, musical instruments, scripts of Amir Timur and Babur, astronomic instruments of Ulugbek and other cult values, going back to the era of the Timurids.
There is a separate room in Amir Timur Museum, where gifts from museum visitors are kept. The museum displays were demonstrated on international exhibits in France, the USA, Germany and Austria.
Every year thousands of tourists visit Amir Timur Museum.
Other Sightseeing Opportunities in Tashkent
Kanka. The unusual city of the powerful empire
Tillya Sheikh Mosque
Subway of Tashkent
National Library of Uzbekistan named after Alisher Navoi
Amir Timur Square
Sardoba Kaynargumbaz
Romanov Palace
State Art Museum of Uzbekistan
Minor Mosque in Tashkent
Sorrowful Mother Monument
Cultural and Creative Center Aladdin
Art Gallery NBU
TV Tower in Tashkent
Tashkent Polytechnical Museum
Yunus Rajabi house-museum
Treasury of Tashkent oasis. Gazalkent & Bostanlyk
Charvak reservoir
German Kirche
Anbar-bibi Mausoleum
Hast Imam Center in Tashkent
Brichmulla. Incredible and enchanting atmosphere of harmony
Ural Tansykbaev Memorial Museum in Tashkent
Shastri Monument in Tashkent
Chapel near the Kamolon gates of Tashkent
Suzukh-Ata Mausoleum
Japanese garden in Tashkent
Tashkent theatres
Khumsan. The town of pearl scenery
Chimghan Mountains
Solar Institute in Parkent
Beldersay. The most captivating place for your soul
Ankhor Canal of Tashkent
Polish Catholic Church
Alay bazaar
Tashkent Soviet architecture
State Museum of Applied Arts in Tashkent
Chatkal valley. The nature that could steal your heart
Tashkent airport
Tashkent Museum of Railway Technics
Tashkent Broadway
Minguruk. The ancient ancestor of Tashkent
Museum of Victims of Political Repression
Yangiabad Flea bazaar
Nanay. Earthly paradise of the east
Bozsu canal in Tashkent
Museum of Nature in Tashkent
The Alley of Writers
Barak khan Madrasah: the sacred item of history
Tashkent circus
Museum of Geology in Tashkent
Monument of Amir Temur
Shoshtepa. The town with unique historical significance
Parpi Ata
Abul Kasim Madrasah
Khаdzhikent. Treasury of mixed cultures
Mausoleum of Yunus-Khan. Historical engraving of the ruler
State Museum of History of Uzbekistan
Memorial complex "Courage"
Memorial House Museum of Tamara Khanum
Salar Canal of Tashkent
Old town`s Chorsu Bazaar
Legend about Muyiy Mubarak Madrasah
Sergey Esenin museum in Tashkent
Mausoleum of Sheykh Zayniddin-Bobo
Independence Square - Mustakillik Maydoni
Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre
Center of Culture of Ikuo Hirayama
Center of National Arts in Tashkent
Memorial complex Zangi-Ota. Mystical charm of the antiquity
Khаdzhikent. The incentiveplace with silent waterfalls
Mausoleum of Sheikhantaur sheikh. Ensemble of the mysterious Sufi
Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts in Tashkent
Mukimi Theater
Aktash. The place with incredible atmosphere
Kaffal ash-Shash mausoleum
The grand Kukeldash madrassah
Tashkent Zoo
Chirchik. The town with magnificent scenery
Shohruhiya. The edge of the earth
Tashkent Botanical Garden
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tashkent
Karakiyasay petroglyphs
Tashkent lakeside golf club
Zarautsay. The oldest cave paintings in Uzbekistan
Tashkent imam al-Bukhari Islamic Institute
Tashkent chimes
Juma Mosque of Hodja Akhrar
International Caravanserai of Culture named after Ikuo Hirayama in Tashkent
World Peace Bell
Mukhtar Ashrafi Museum in Tashkent
Museum of Astronomy in Tashkent
Cities of Uzbekistan and Tours
Cities of Uzbekistan
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Samarkand
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Bukhara
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Tashkent
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Khiva
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Nurata
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Shahrisabz
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Karshi
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Navoi
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Ferghana Valley
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Jizzakh
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Termez
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Karakalpakstan
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Kokand
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Namangan
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Nukus
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Andijan
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Urgench
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Cities of Uzbekistan
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Samarkand
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Bukhara
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Tashkent
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Khiva
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Nurata
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Shahrisabz
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Karshi
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Navoi
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Ferghana Valley
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Jizzakh
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Termez
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Karakalpakstan
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Kokand
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Namangan
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Nukus
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Andijan
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Urgench