The museum is located in a modern building, which is constructed to the design of Zoirsho Kilichev, the chief architect of Bukhara city.

Established in 2001, the museum is dedicated to the life of Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al Bukhari, the outstanding researcher of Hadith and coryphaeus of the Islam theology.

Al-Bukhari's fundamental work is "Al-Jome as Sahih," which is sacred in Islam after the Koran. To write this book the scholar had studied more than 600,000 hadiths (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad). In the Muslim world, al-Bukhari is entitled to 'Amirul-muminin filhadith,' which from Arabic means the "Master of Hadith Scholarship."

Contact Information:
Samanids' National Park, Bukhara
Tel: 224-42-90