Sadykov Sculpture Museum

Bishkek


Worth a quick look for the variety of sculptures (both working models and finished versions) of famous Kyrgyz and fabled legends, though it's a small space and there's not much context. It's inside the National Academy of Art – keep an eye out for the blue ‘Museum’ sign just to the left of the door behind a small fence.


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