State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan

The State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan is one of the most interesting museums of the capital of Tashkent. Moreover, this is the oldest scientific and educational institution of the city - the museum was established in 1876, on the basis of the collections of natural sciences of the Tashkent Museum collected even earlier.

To date, there are about 400 thousand exhibits demonstrating the rich nature of Uzbekistan and its economic development, flora and fauna of the country. The museum has four departments: scientific and educational, geological and geographical, fauna and flora, museum funds. This museum is one of the first in the country, applied in practice the landscape method for natural exhibits, which fully demonstrates the interrelationship of natural phenomena. Among the exhibits are birds of prey, the remains of mammoths, embryos, mutant animals, insects, including rare species. There are interesting dioramas, as well as landscape plans and expositions. The museum’s entomological collection is the largest in Central Asia. In 2010, the museum was moved to a new, more modern building.