Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I.V. Savitsky

Savitsky Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan is one of the largest and most interesting museums in the whole of Uzbekistan. The museum has the status of a state museum, and the unique collection collected here is recognized as the best art collection in the entire Asian region.

It includes the most complete collection of works of the Russian avant-garde. The founder of the museum is the famous Russian artist Igor Vitalyevich Savitsky, who came to Karakalpakstan in 1950 and stayed here to live. He personally collected art objects of Karakalpakia, works of artists associated with Asia, as well as Russian avant-garde art.

The Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I.V. Savitsky is known all over the world, French art historians called it “Louvre in the steppe”. It is the fourth most important sight of Uzbekistan and one of the most unique and outstanding museums in the world. The museum is located in Nukus, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan within Uzbekistan, and has more than 90,000 exhibits. Here are the folk art of Uzbekistan, the Russian avant-garde, and the oldest monuments.