The Buddha relief
From Fayaz Tepe.
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Central Asia's oldest museum and Uzbekistan's main history museum, founded in 1876 as the National Museum of Turkestan. Since 1970 it has occupied a striking modernist building whose façades are wrapped in a white lattice inspired by Eastern ornament. The museum closed in June 2024 for a full renovation and reopened on 24 July 2026 with a display of more than 350,000 items. Two days later its building was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of «Tashkent Modernist Architecture». Highlights include an alabaster relief of the Buddha from Fayaz Tepe near Termez, Buddhist heads and ornaments from nearby sites, Stone Age tools, and an Islamic section with calligraphy and royal decrees from the Timurids to the last emirs of Bukhara, alongside costumes, folk art and coins. Tickets for foreign visitors are about 100,000 som, according to reports at the reopening. It is a short walk from Independence Square and Amir Timur Square.
From Fayaz Tepe.
Modernist.
Calligraphy and decrees.
Near Independence Square, central Tashkent
Alisher Navoi TheatreUzbekistan's national opera and ballet house, officially the Alisher Navoi State4 minutes walk4.6
Independence Square, TashkentTashkent's largest square, more a vast park than a plaza. Once Lenin Square, it 6 minutes walk
Tashkent MetroCentral Asia's first metro, opened on 6 November 1977 after the 1966 earthquake,10 minutes walk
Amir Timur MuseumThe State Museum of Timurid History, a round building under a blue dome that rec10 minutes walk
Amir Timur SquareTashkent's central square, a round park whose centrepiece since 1993 has been a 11 minutes walkYes, on 24 July 2026 after a two-year renovation; tickets for foreigners are about 100,000 som, per reports at the reopening.