Links

  • Friends of the Nukus Museum

    Great way to support the museum. Become a member and get involved.

  • Inquire about Mir Corporation Tours to the Nukus Museum

    Mir is an incredible travel agency with 25 years of experience specializing in organizing tours in Central Asia among many other destinations in the region. Highly recommended.

  • Visit the Museum

    Uzbekistan Airways flies from Tashkent to Nukus roundtrip twice daily leaving Tashkent at 7:00 a.m. (2 3/4 hours by AN-24 propeller aircraft) and at 5:30 p.m. (1 3/4 hours by TU-154 jet). Returning from Nukus at 10:45 a.m. (AN-24) and at 8:30 p.m (TU-154). The roundtrip airfare is currently about €100 or about US$150. A day trip leaving Tashkent at 7:00 a.m. and returning from Nukus at 8:30 a.m. pemits a comfortable 6-7 hours at the Museum. (Allow an extra 2-3 hours for visits elsewhere in Nulkus or environs.) Nukus is also accessible by car – for example, a 2.5 - 3 hour drive from Khiva/Urgench across the Amu Darya river - and is an interesting 1 day add-on trip from Khiva/Urgench. The road trip also permits a viewing of selected Khorezm archeological sites.

  • Max Penson Photography

    Check out the photographs of Max Penson, the Soviet Cartier Bresson, who lived and worked in Uzbekistan at the time when the artists in the film were painting. We use these stunning images in The Desert of Forbidden Art.

  • The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club

    Another award-winning directed by Amanda Pope, produced and written by Nick Spark. A charismatic figure featured in Tom Wolfe's book The Right Stuff, Florence "Pancho" Barnes was one of the most important women in 20th Century aviation. A tough and fearless aviatrix, Pancho was a rival of Amelia Earhart's who made a name for herself as Hollywood's first female stunt pilot. Just before WWII she opened a ranch near Edwards Air Force Base that became a famous -- some would say notorious -- hangout for test pilots and movie stars. Known as the "Happy Bottom Riding Club", it became the epicenter of the aviation world during the early jet age. Chuck Yeager celebrated breaking the sound barrier there in 1947, and Howard Hughes and Jimmy Doolittle caroused in the bar. The Club's destruction by fire in 1953 is seen by many to mark the end of a Golden Era in post-WWII aviation. In the same fashion Pancho herself has become something of a legend, a fascinating yet enigmatic icon whose swagger is often celebrated, but whose story has been largely unknown. Until now.

  • Uzbek Initiative

    Community Sponsor of The Desert of Forbidden Art The Uzbek initiative is a global network of young professionals with positive and altruistic minds, whose purpose is to increase the knowledge and understanding of Uzbek society and culture around the world, through fostering Uzbek community and global cultural-exchange. It is a diverse network of young Uzbek professionals and non-Uzbeks (affiliated with Uzbek culture/people) who are great fans of Uzbek culture and people with over 10,000 members around the world.

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