Ghafur Gulyam House-Museum

The House-Museum of Gafur Gulyam is dedicated to the life and creative activity of the outstanding poet and People's Artist of Uzbekistan. The museum was founded in 1983, then during 1988 - 1998 the collection was updated and replenished. The director of the museum is the daughter of the great poet Olmos Gafurovna. Today, in the two-storey mansion, where from 1944 to 1966 he lived and worked Gafur Gulyam, there is a memorial complex and a literary exposition.

On the ground floor there are three halls, where the exhibits tell about everyday life and the main creative milestones of the poet’s path. The first and second halls describe, respectively, the childhood and adolescence of Gafur Gulyam, his first creative tests. The third hall is dedicated to creative work, there are many stands, materials of the poet’s anniversaries. The second floor is a memorial part of the house-museum, there is a study, living room, rest room, library. The household items that the poet used during his lifetime are preserved, and the author’s books and works donated to him are in the library.