The best museum we've seen so far on our trip, and for that matter probably one the best in Central-Asia, is the Savitsky Karakalpakstan State Art Museum. It is located in one of the most impossible places in the world: in remote and otherwise unimpressive Nukus, the capital of Uzbekistan's westernmost province of Karakalpakstan.
Most impressive is its outstanding collection of Russian Soviet-era avant-garde art, forbidden by the Communist Party but safely put up in this backward outpost by Igor Vitalyevich Savitsky (presumably even with support from local authorities). There's also a quite interesting section on local history and craft work from the Karakalpak region.
If you ever happen to pass by, don't give it a miss!
October 2, 2008
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