Crafts Museum Khiva

The museum is located in the beautiful building of Matpana-baja madrasah. Here is the most complete collection of products of artisans of the region - from ancient times to modernity. The collection includes household items, everyday items, tools of the local population. The exhibits of the late XIX - early XX centuries are most vividly represented, since it was at this time that the flourishing of the craft in the region reached its apogee. The products of craftsmen-smiths, masons, gunsmiths, tanners, potters, jewelers, weavers and many other professions are presented. The professions of ganch carvers and chasers are considered unique for the region; woodcarvers' workshops were very common.