I. V. Savitsky Museum of Arts in Nukus

If you have been to Uzbekistan, you know that this country knows how to surprise travelers. There are quite a few unexpected sights here: just look at the Catholic Cathedral in Tashkent or the extraterrestrial "Institute of the Sun" in the mountains of the Tashkent region. The I. V. Savitsky Museum of Arts is one of such unusual places. The exhibition space, sometimes called the "Karakalpak Louvre", is located away from tourist routes, in a city squeezed among huge deserts.

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About the museum

The Nukus State Museum of Arts named after I. V. Savitsky was founded in 1966. The exhibition space bears the name of Igor Vitalyevich Savitsky — an outstanding artist, ethnographer, collector, and the first director of this museum.

The museum's collection features about 100,000 exhibits. The halls are divided by themes: exhibitions are dedicated to the fine and folk-applied arts of the region, ancient art objects, and archaeological artifacts.

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The Savitsky Museum is famous for its collection of Russian avant-garde: by the number of works of this movement, the exhibition ranks second in the world. There are more only in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.

Entrance to the museum is paid. Shooting with professional equipment and guided tours are paid separately.

If you decide to visit Karakalpakstan, along with the museum you can visit, for example, the ship graveyard in Muynak. This is a great place for an unusual photoshoot.