Shahrisabz Museum of History and Material Culture, Museum of regional heritage in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan.
The Shahrisabz Museum of History and Material Culture is a museum for regional history in Shahrisabz displaying over 6,500 archaeological and ethnographic objects arranged across multiple exhibition halls. The collections include artifacts discovered from local excavations that represent different periods and aspects of life in this area.
The museum was established in 1996 to commemorate the 660th anniversary of Amir Timur's birth, a major historical figure in the region. Its creation was connected to intensive archaeological investigations that brought to light thousands of historical objects.
The collections feature copper items, wooden carvings, ceramics, and majolica tiles that show how people in this region once lived and made things with their hands. You can see the skills and materials that were part of everyday life in earlier times.
The museum is located at Buyuk Ipak Yuli building 3 and offers guided tours and educational programs for visitors. Plan enough time to move through the different exhibition halls and explore the collections at a comfortable pace.
Thousands of objects were uncovered during the museum's development and now form the core of its displays, offering a rarely seen look at how people settled this region over time. These discoveries come from layers that show different periods of human occupation.
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