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Excursion
Carpet Museum and Fine Arts Museum
The price depends on your dates, group size and hotels. Send a request and we will reply with an offer.
Two museums in one trip: the National Museum of Turkmen Carpets and the Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan, one of the largest of its kind in Central Asia.
Highlights
- About 2,000 carpets, including rare pieces from the 17th–19th centuries
- The weaving techniques of the Teke, Yomut, Saryk and other tribes
- Guinness World Records holders: the smallest hand-made carpet, 0.01 m², and the largest, 301 m²
- Eleven halls of Turkmen painting, graphics, sculpture, tapestries, ceramics and jewellery
- Western European art of the 14th to early 20th centuries, Russian painting, applied art from China, Japan, India and Iran
- A hall of ancient art with finds from excavations in Turkmenistan
Included
- Private professional guide
- Entrance tickets
- Transport for the whole excursion (1–2 people: sedan, 4–6: minivan, 6–10: minibus)
Good to know
- This is a private guided excursion: no other tourists join you or your group
- You choose the order of the sights
- Pick a start time that suits you
- It can start straight from the airport or station, where our guide will meet you
