National Museum of the Republic of Tajikistan named after K. Behzoda

The National Museum of the Republic of Tajikistan is named in honor of Kemaleddin Behzad, a Persian miniaturist artist of the XV-XVI centuries. Opened in 1934, today the museum has about 5,000 exhibits, which are compactly housed in 4 departments devoted to fine arts and nature, antiquities, ancient and medieval history, modern and modern history.

The National Museum is located in the northern part of the city, on one of the central streets of Dushanbe – Aini. The three-storey building has been the home of the museum for 40 years. It contains exhibits that relate to the history, culture and nature of the whole of Tajikistan: fragments of famous architectural structures, numismatic collections, works of art. The most outstanding part of the collection is a terracotta sculpture of Sogda, dating from the middle of the I millennium BC Here are stored items from 5 thousand years old, and modern exhibits made before the beginning of the XXI century.

K. Behzod Museum is open every day from 9 am to 4 pm, on Sundays to 3 pm. Monday is the day off.