On 18th August 2026, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Cultural Heritage Agency conducted Handover ceremony under the “Project for Conservation of Silk Road Cultural Heritage through Digital Archives”.
The project’s objective is to enhance the capacity to protect and preserve cultural property of Uzbekistan by providing the equipment necessary for archiving the collections of cultural and archaeological value with the Cultural Heritage Agency, the State Museum of History of Uzbekistan (SMHU), and the Archeological Museum of Termez (AMT), thereby contributing to cultural promotion and regional revitalization of Uzbekistan.
SMHU is one of the top museums of Uzbekistan and holds about 340,000 collections, including those from archaeological site of Buddhism. The museum displays archaeological, historical, and folklore things of Central Asian civilization from the Stone Age.
AMT, holds about 110,000 collections from the archaeological sites in Surkhandarya region, including many artifacts of the Graeco-Bactrian and Kushan (Buddhism) periods. It provides special exhibition room which introduces a Japanese scholar, late Mr. KATO Kyuzo, who contributed to excavation and preservation of archaeological sites around Termez.
Grant Aid project’s amount is JPY 55,900,000.00 and includes supply of equipment such as computer equipment scanners, camera and presentation equipment and consulting services.
Results of the project will be visualized by the digitalizing and therefore preserving the cultural and historical heritage for long period and increased its accessibility through website demonstration to domestic and international visitors.
