Description of the attraction
The current building of the Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan was built in 1974. The Art Museum in Tashkent has been operating since 1918. At first, it was located in the mansion of Prince N. Romanov, then moved to the People's House. The museum has changed its name several times. At the time of its opening, it was called the Museum of the People's University.
The collection of the museum is based on a collection of works of art expropriated from Prince N. Romanov after the revolution. It was supplemented by items taken from the private collections of the local wealthy. In addition to paintings, the prince collected expensive porcelain, sculptural images, etc. The New Art Museum in Tashkent was supported by the museums of Turkestan, Moscow and Leningrad. They allocated from their funds 116 paintings by famous Russian artists: KP Bryullov, IE Repin and others. The Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan also had funds to buy new exhibits. The museum staff managed to find more than two hundred works of painters who worked in Central Asia before the revolution. Finally, in the 30s of the last century, the museum funds were replenished with paintings by local artists.
Works of art from Western Europe are also exhibited in 9 halls of the museum. Here you can see paintings by Italian, French, German, Dutch masters. Some of the canvases were painted by unknown authors.
Currently, the collection of the State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan is considered one of the largest in Central Asia. The museum is visited not only by numerous tourists, but also by local schoolchildren and students, for whom interesting excursions are organized.
