Do you want to get acquainted with our past history?

Then take a trip to the museum with us!

On February 2, 2023, 1st year students of the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage visited the Samarkand regional museum of local history.

Students got acquainted with the expositions organized in the museum. Expositions of history, nature and Jews of the region and historical artworks in the museum left a rich impression on the students.

Brief information about the museum!

Samarkand Regional Museum of Local History - Samarkand Regional Museum of Local History is a museum with a historical profile in Samarkand, dedicated to the history of the local region from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century. Since 1982, it has been part of the Samarkand State United Historical Architecture and Art Museum-Reserve (now the Samarkand State Museum-Reserve).

About the museum building

The museum was opened in December 1981 in a historical building built in the historical style from 1902 to 1916 according to the project of the architect E. O. Nelle, owned by the first guild merchant Abram Kalantaro, based on the collections of the Museum of the History of Culture and Art of Uzbekistan. Five buildings were erected in the courtyard during 1902-1916.

The interior of the building is always of great interest to visitors. Experienced craftsmen - Usta Kamal, Usta Sadiq, Usta Hafiz and others took part in decorating the building. More than 130,000 golden rubles were spent on the construction of the palace. Today, the palace is considered an architectural monument of the beginning of the 20th century and is protected by the state. Brightly colored hall - the hotel, like other rooms, has preserved its original decoration.

Exposures

The museum has expositions of history, nature and Jews of the region.

All the rooms in the building are located in a row and form an enfilade.

The hotel and some rooms have been preserved in their original state. The hotel is beautifully decorated with various colors. The ceiling is decorated with wood carvings and painted with oil paints, the walls are decorated with gesso carvings in the style of “painting”, and colorful glass stained glass windows with gesso railings give a special charm. An elegant, sparkling crystal chandelier hangs in the living room.

In order to heat the building in winter, 7 ceramic “fireplace” stoves with secret decorations were installed, their decorations gave the rooms a special beauty.

On the first floor of the building, objects that tell stories from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century, found in different regions of our country, are displayed, the unique history of the region, customs and ceremonies of the peoples of the region, primitive culture, the formation of Sogd, one of the oldest states of Central Asia, early, developed and monuments of material culture of the late Middle Ages, introduces traditional national culture.

“Empire” style furniture of the late 18th and early 19th centuries is exhibited in the hotel. According to some experts, the furniture may belong to Emperor Napoleon and was brought to St. Petersburg by Emperor Alexander I and given as a gift to one of the palace officials.

In the natural exposition located on the 2nd floor of the museum, the fauna and flora of the region, including the collections of endangered animals and birds included in the “Red Book”, plant species and herbariums are displayed.

At the moment, the exhibition “Jews of the past and present in the region” organized with the support of the international Joint organization is operating in the museum. The exhibits tell about the history of the Jewish Quarter, the life, customs.