How to Reach

Ark, the citadel of the Bukharan rulers

City transportation

Public buses # 8, 6, 23
Fixed-route taxi (marshrutka): 51, 53, 56, 58, 76
Registan bus-stop

Museum of Decorative – Applied Art, Sitora-i Mohi Khosa

City transportation

Buses # 7, 9
Fixed-route taxi: 70, 84 Mohi
Khosa bus-stop

Kamoliddin Behzod Fine Arts Museum

City transportation

Fixed-route taxi: 52, 68
Fire Department bus-stop

Zindan, the emir’s dungeon

City transportation

Buses # 8, 6, 23
Fixed-route taxi: 51, 53, 76
College of Culture bus-stop

Fayzulla Khodjaev Memorial House – Museum

City transportation

Buses # 15
Fixed-route taxi: 64
Remontnaya kontora (Repair Workshop) bus-stop

Abu Ali ibn Sino Memorial Museum

City transportation

Bukhara – Peshku bus or taxi

Abdurauf Fitrat Memorial Museum

City transportation

Buses # 10, 16, 60
Fixed-route taxi: 6, 60, 68, 100

Carpet-Making Museum, the Maghoki Attori Mosque

City transportation

Fixed-route taxi: 52, 68
Fire Department bus-stop

Museum of the Varakhsha Settlement History

City transportation

Fixed-route taxi: 52, 68
Fire Department bus- stop

History Museum of Restoration and Protection of Architectural Monuments of Bukhara and Bukhara Oasis, the Ulughbek Madrasah (1417)

City transportation

Buses # 6, 8
Fixed-route taxi: 51, 56, 68

Museum of Wood Carving Art, the Abdulazizkhan Madrasah (1652)

City transportation

Buses # 6, 8
Fixed-route taxi: 51, 56, 68

Museum of Water-Supply History, the Chashmai Ayub Mausoleum, (12th-16th cc.)

The Samanids National Park, Bukhara (near the farmers’ market)

City transportation

Buses # 6, 8, 16, 23
Fixed-route taxi: 51, 53, 63, 76

Tariqati Naqshbandiya Museum

City transportation

Fixed-route taxi: 60

Sadridin Ayni and Jalol Ikromi Museum – Hudjra (Dwelling – Cell), the Kukeldash madrasah (1578)

City transportation

Fixed-route taxi: 52, 68
Fire Department bus-stop

Blacksmith’s Museum – Workshop, the Kulyuta Karavansarai (16th c.)

City transportation

Fixed-route taxi: 52, 68
Fire Department bus-stop

Exhibition-Sale, the Nadir Divanbegi khonaqo (17th c.)

Visitors can view and purchase the samples of the modern decorative-applied arts.

City transportation

Fixed-route taxi: 52, 68
Fire Department bus-stop

Romitan Museum of History

City transportation

"Bukhara – Romitan", "Bukhara – Yangibazar" public buses and route taxis

Tours and Lectures

Tours

For those decided to visit the museums of Bukhara alone or with family or friends, the tour bureau offers thematic tours along the diverse exhibitions of the museum-preserve – both in the old section of the city and its suburbs.

Qualified tour – guides and museum’s research fellows conduct tours in English, German, Russian, Uzbek, and Tajik. In correspondence with secondary and higher educational curriculum, students and pupils are arranged special courses such as tours and interactive lessons on the history and culture of Central Asia.

You can find details about the content of excursions in the tour office.

Contact Information: (365) 224-38-53

Lectures

The richest history and culture of Bukhara and Uzbekistan are highlighted in the lectures given by the scholars of the museum. You can find the lecture curriculum in the tour bureau.

Contact Information

General Information

General information on the Ark museum

Assistant Director on general issues
(365) 224-13-78

Assistant Director on scientific-research affairs:
(365) 224-13-66

Research Departments

History Department
(365) 224-13-66

Registration Sector
(365) 224-14-04

Tour Bureau
(365) 224-38-53

"Open Treasury" Computer Center
(365) 224-37-94

Bukhara Museum Friends’ Club
(365) 224-38-53

Museum Filials

Museum of Decorative-Applied Arts
(365) 228-50-47

K. Behzod Fine Arts Museum
(365) 224-58-53

Fayzullo Khodjaev Memorial House-Museum
(365) 224-41-88

Zindan, emir’s dungeon
(365) 224-95-02

Exhibition-Sale, the Divanbegi khonaqo
(365) 224-45-48

Blacksmith’s Museum-Workshop
(365) 224-57-65

"Wood Carving Art" exhibition
(365) 224-24-60

History Museum of Restoration of Architectural Monuments of Bukhara
(365) 224-24-60

Museum of Water-Supply History
(365) 224-39-02

Fitrat Memorial Museum
(365) 223-22-84

Al- Bukhari Museum
(365) 224-42-90

Museum of Varakhsha Settlement History
(365) 224-55- 62

Ibn Sino Memorial Museum
(365) 354-51- 42

Carpet Museum
(365) 224-15-91

Information about Museum Departments

History department (from ancient time to early 20th century)

This is one of the oldest research departments in the museum, functioning since 1923. It also includes the archaeology section. The department’ s depository has about 14,000 objects. There are six members of the staff in the department. The department chair is M. Niyazova.

Department of Numismatics and Epigraphy

The department has been working since 1987. It has 19, 880 items. The formation of the collection dates back to the 1920s; it mainly includes the coins found during the archaeological excavations in the territory of Bukhara and its suburbs. There are two specialists in the department. The department chairperson is G. Kurbanov, PhD in History.

Nature Department

The Nature Department has been functioning since 1951. It has 536 exhibits. There are three specialists in the department. The department chairperson is S. Habibulina.

Tour-Education Department

The department was established in 1972. Its main task is to introduce public to the multiple collections of the museum-preserve. There are 32 members of the staff, including methodologists and tour- guides. Tours are held in Uzbek, Russian, Tajik, English, and German. Each year, the department conducts around 30,000 tours and gives about 700 lectures. The department chairperson is F. Arslanova.

Department of Contemporary History and Ethnography

The department was established in 1975. It has two sectors. The first sector consists of documentary materials and gramophone records, which include 32,456 exhibits. The latter keeps the samples of material culture with 3,099 objects. In total, the department possesses about 36,000 objects. There are 11 members of the staff in the department. The department chairperson is B. Qobilov.

Sitora-i Mohi Khosa Park-Palace Complex

This branch of the museum has the following exhibitions:

• Interior of the summer palace (main body)
• National clothes of urban dwellers of Bukhara (19th – 20th cc.), the octagonal pavilion
• Art embroidery and objects of everyday use (19th – 20th cc.)
• Palace furniture of the 19th – 20th century, the bedroom section

The museum-complex stores about 1,500 exhibits. There are four research fellows in the Sitora – i Mohi Khosa complex.

The branch has under material protection the depositories of:

• Metal collection – 3,048 exhibits
• Wood carving – 1,085 exhibits

The branch chairperson is B. Buranov.

Kamoliddin Behzod Fine Arts Museum

The museum includes the art gallery and the “Ancient Jewelry Art of Bukhara” exhibition.

The art gallery was set up in 1982. The formation of the collection began in 1932. Among the collections unique are the works by P. Benkov, Karakhan, M. Kurzin, and U. Tansikbayev. About 1,000 samples of painting, graphics, sculpture, and miniature-painting could be found in the museum’s reserves. The “Ancient Jewelry Art of Bukhara” exhibition was set up in 1994 in the storeroom of the former state bank. There are five specialists in the museum. The branch chairperson is Q. Jumayev, PhD in History.

Research Library

The research library is one of the oldest libraries in Bukhara. It mainly includes Amir Said Alimkhan’s (1911-1920) personal collection of books, consisting of the manuscripts and lithographic publications of the 17th – 20th centuries. Now, the collection is kept at the center for studying Oriental manuscripts, which is located at the Kamoliddin Behzod Fine Arts Museum. The library of the Ark museum has more than 5,000 publications on history, art, ethnography, and architecture.

The museum has two research centers:

• The Center for Study Arabic – Written Oriental Manuscripts
• The Center for Study Spiritual Legacy of Bahouddin Naqshband

The museum also has the “Open Treasury” computer center, where visitors will be acquainted with the online collections of the museum’s reserves.
In October 2001, the museum’s staff worked out the project of computerization of the museum’s depositories. The grant awarded by the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan enabled the museum to purchase computers and other necessary equipments.

The museum has the “Friends of the Bukhara Museum-Preserve” society. Its purpose is to support the museum in various projects on preservation, exhibition, restoration of the unique collections kept in the museum’s depositories.

Visitor information

Information

The museum-preserve has a tour bureau, which is located at the Ark citadel. Its staff will answer your questions regarding the museum and its working conditions and offer various tours alongside the departments.

Hours of operation

Open:

• 9.00 am – 18.00 pm (daily)
• 9.00 am – 16.30 pm (booking-office)
• 9.00 am – 14:30 pm (Tuesdays)

Closed:

• Wednesday

Please, note from April 1 to November 1 the branches of the Ark museum and Mohi Khosa museum-complex work till 19.00 pm. Visitors are offered excursions along the court yards and buildings of the winter and summer palaces.

Ticket Price

• Ark – $2
• Museum of Decorative-Applied Arts, Mohi Khosa – $3
• Romitan Museum of History – $0.5
• Abu Ali ibn Sino Memorial Museum – $0.5
• Fayzullo Khodjaev House-Museum – $1.5
• Fine Arts Museum – $0.5
• One-hour tour fee – $1
• Ticket price for amateur photo shooting – $1
• Ticket price for amateur video shooting – $2

Contact Information:

Robert Almeev – General Director of the museum-preserve, PhD in History
Tel/Fax: (365) 224-13-49, 224-21-07

Rustamov Karim – Assistant Director on academic research affairs, the research section
Tel: (365) 224-13-66

Sale commission – (365) 224-14-04

Tour bureau (tour orders) – (365) 224-38-53