The exposition, dedicated to the formation of the artistic school of Turkestan from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, is of great interest to visitors.

The works of masters who stood at the origins of fine arts in the region are presented at the exhibition. Among them are Richard-Karl Sommer, Vasiliy Vereshchagin, Nikolai Karahan, and Pavel Benkov. Zommer and Vereshchagin, who worked in Turkestan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focused on ethnographic recording of architecture and everyday life using realistic writing style.

The next generation of artists, such as Karahan and Benkov, continued the realistic tradition while enriching it with avant-garde elements, which became an important stage in the development of regional art.

Among the exhibition's key works are Richard-Karl Sommer's "Shah-i-Zinda," Nikolai Karahan's "The Entrance to the Madrasah," and Pavel Benkov's "Minaret Kalyan" (1930s).