Museum of Water History of Bukhara

The Museum of the History of Water Supply in Bukhara is located in one of the oldest mausoleums, built under Tamerlane in 1379-1380 - the mausoleum of Chashma-Ayub. Visiting the exposition of the museum, you will learn a lot about the history of water supply in the Bukhara region X-XX centuries.

The Water Museum in this building was opened for a reason. It is here that a source of cold water beats, which the residents of Bukhara consider curative and sacred.

According to legend, during times of drought, the inhabitants of the city prayed to God, asking him for water. In response to their supplication, the biblical saint Ayub appeared, who created a life-giving spring with the blow of a staff on the earth.

The most interesting exhibits of the museum are leather water curds of the XVIII-XIX centuries, copper-minted dishes of the XVIII-XX centuries and ceramic water pipes of the XVIII-XIX centuries.