State Museum of Temurid History

The State Museum of Temurid History was opened in Tashkent in 1996, in honor of the 660th anniversary of Amir Temur, or Tamerlane, the founder of the Temurid dynasty and empire. The museum is located in the heart of the capital of Uzbekistan, in a building under a high blue dome, in which medieval traditions and modern architectural solutions are harmoniously combined.

Inside, the museum is decorated with gold leaf, which took more than 20 kilograms. A special decoration is a crystal chandelier of 106 thousand pendants, 8.5 meters high. The museum fund is rich in valuable exhibits, rare and unique finds of antiquity, numbering more than 4 thousand items. All of them testify to the great history of the Temurid dynasty - clothes and weapons, jewelry and jewelry, manuscripts and documents, paintings and sculptures, documentary footage of the opening of the sarcophagus of Temur in 1941, in the mausoleum of Gur-Emir. A separate room is occupied by gifts from museum guests: heads of state, celebrities and ordinary citizens. Every year, the Museum of Temurid History is visited by thousands of tourists.