This museum is dedicated to the lives of two exceptional writers of Uzbek and Tajik literature – Sadriddin Ayni and Jalol Ikromi. Ayni lived and worked in the Kukeldash Madrasa at the 16th Century Labi-Haus complex, where the museum is now located.

This museum contains an impressive collection of fine art works from the 19th and 20th centuries. You can also see ancient jewelry here such gold earrings dating from the first century BCE. The museum is located on Naqshband Street.

Open since 1988, the Museum of Wood Carving Art displays all kinds of carved artifacts. Many of these objects are from the heyday of woodcarving in the city during the 16th to 18th centuries. The museum is located in the 17th Century Abdulazizkhan Madrasah on Khodjia Nurobod Street.

Zindan (Persian for “prison”) is an 18th Century jail on Balimanova Street. This prison for those unable to pay their debts even has an underground dungeon. Nowadays you can visit a fascinating museum inside the old prison that tells you the story of crime and punishment in the old times in Bukhara.

The Ark is a must-see highlight of your trip to Bukhara. This massive fortress was first built as long ago as the 400s. This defensive structure encompassed the royal courts that long held sway over Bukhara and the surrounding region. It continued to be used as a fortress until it fell to Russia in 1920. Today you can visit a number of museums inside the fortress that tell its unique story.

This museum tells the unusual story of how Bukhara province supplied itself with water in the last millennium. It displays such items as water skins, ceramic water pipes and more. The museum is housed in the Chashma-I Ayub mausoleum, a 13th Century edifice located within Samanids National Park.