The exhibition Opening the Palace Chambers: Art at the Court of the Emir of Bukhara has concluded at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. According to preliminary figures, the exhibition welcomed around 110,000 visitors over its four-month run.

The exhibition brought together 75 museum objects from the collections of leading museum institutions in Uzbekistan and the State Hermitage Museum, offering an insight into the artistic culture of the Emirate of Bukhara and the traditions of courtly life, decorative and applied arts, and jewellery-making in Central Asia.

The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation extends its sincere gratitude to Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage Museum, as well as to all partners and specialists who contributed to the organisation and successful presentation of the exhibition.