Khiva Crafts Museum
khiva, Khorezm region, Uzbekistan
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The Museum of Crafts in the city of Khiva, in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan, is one of the museums included in a single complex of the State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve of Ichan-Kala. This is a very interesting museum, a visit to which will be informative for both children and adults.
The museum is located in a beautiful Matpan-bai madrasah building. Here is collected the most complete collection of artisans of the region - from ancient times to modernity. The collection includes household items, everyday life, tools of the local population. The most vividly presented exhibits of the late XIX – early XX centuries, since it was at this time that the flowering of the craft in the region reached its apogee. Products of masters-smiths, masons, gunsmiths, tanners, potters, jewelers, weavers and many other professions are presented. Unique for the region are the profession of ganch carvers, coiners, very common were the workshops of wood carvers. Khiva Crafts Museum is the only one of its kind in Uzbekistan.