We spent three hours wondering the exhibits which are arranged into four categories: Natural/Geological, Historical (Medieval), Historical (contemporary) and Artistic. Plenty of information in English. Tour guides available for 40 somoni. Entrance 35 somoni for foreigners plus a 10 somoni fee for taking pictures. The exhibits were interesting and well-curated. The taxidermy section gave us a giggle but was still informative. It would benefit from a coffee shop and a wider souvenir store. At the end we were pleasantly fatigued after an enjoyable time of learning about Tajikistan.

Assalamu aleikum dear guests. I would like to invite you to visit the one of the most beautiful and interesting places - the National Museum of Tajikistan. I promise you'll not be disappointed. :) I myself one of the tour guides here, my name is Shahboz, and I guarantee the interesting tour for everyone. Welcome to Tajikistan.

On entering the vast museum complex which had a few historical statues on the grounds was immediately attracted to the indescribably beautiful rose gardens .The museum itself is unique in design having a elliptical roof and giant atrium and a total area of 24 000 Sq m, of which over 15 000 Sq m are exhibition halls. Entrance price was 35 Somoni( TJS) .It is composed of four exhibition departments A)Department of Natural History,B) Department of Ancient and Medieval History, C)Department of Modern and D) Contemporary History and Department of Fine and Applied Arts. The reclining Buddha statue and the skeleton remains of a Queen are considered prime archaeological exhibits in this museum.

We enjoyed an interesting guided tour of the National Museum conducted in English. It is a very large museum with so many exhibits on Tajik history and archaeology. There is a huge reclining Buddha, probably the centrepiece of the museum. If you like museums, this is the place for you, by far the most extensive collection of any we visited in our week in Tajikistan