State Museum of Timurid History

The museum opened in Tashkent in October 1996, for the 660th anniversary of Amir Temur, and became the first large building the young country put up for its own history. The round volume with a ribbed blue dome and a marble colonnade was designed after the manner of Timurid mausoleums, above all the Gur-e Amir in Samarkand. The halls on the second and third floors hold several thousand items from the era of Timur and his descendants: weapons, coins, manuscripts, copies of documents from foreign archives. Inside opens a tall atrium with encircling galleries and an enormous chandelier under the dome, and the walls were painted by Chingiz Akhmarov, the republic's leading monumental artist — the panels are done in the manner of medieval book miniatures. The building stands across the road from Amir Temur Square. Admission is charged; the main thing here is the atrium itself with Chingiz Akhmarov's paintings under the blue dome. The museum stands across the road from Amir Temur Square, right in the centre, so it is easy to combine with a walk through the square. The building with its ribbed blue dome is a noticeable landmark in the city centre in its own right.

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