Brief information about the main and scientific auxiliary funds of the State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan
The number of exhibits in the main fund of the State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan is 363,059, including 356,722 entomological insect collections, 4,409 zoological collections and 1,928 geological collections. The collection of insects makes up 97% of the museum fund.
A collection of 136,538 insects collected by entomologist V. I. Obukhova in 1937-1940 is preserved in the main collection of the State Nature Museum of Uzbekistan.
The number of exhibits in the scientific auxiliary fund is 1265. Among them, there are 987 botanical materials, zoological objects, dioramas, models, 125 geological-geographical exhibits, 153 portraits of scientists, sketches, mobile exhibition pictures.