National Museum of Art named after Gapar Aitiev

The National Museum of Art named after Gapar Aityev was founded on January 1, 1935, in Bishkek. Its exposition will tell you about applied Kyrgyz traditional art and Russian art of the Soviet period. The basis of the museum was part of the funds of the State Tretyakov Gallery and the Hermitage. The modern building was built in 1974.

The gold fund of the museum consists of the works of classics G. Aityev, S. Chuikov, S. Akylbekov, L. Ilyina, A. Ignatiev, A. Mikhalev, L. Mesaros, O. Manuilova, T. Sadykov, D. Umetov, T. Herzen, B. Dzhumabayev, A. Asrankulov, S. Aityev.

Currently, the exposition of the museum has about 18 thousand exhibits: more than 4 thousand paintings, about 9600 samples of graphics, about a thousand sculptures and more than 3 thousand copies of national decorative and applied art - yurts, Kyrgyz carpets - shyrdaks, national clothes and jewelry. There are also Egyptian and Greek reproductions, classical Western sculptures, works of the Soviet period and works on the epic “Manas”.