The house where Museum of Applied Art was established in 1937 (former house of Russian diplomat, industrialist and patron of arts Alexander Polovtsov who purchased this house in the early XX c. and rebuilt it in Oriental style) is also very interesting sample of architectural-applied art. Architectural decoration, ganch (natural mixture of gyps and small particles of loess) carving, wood carving and wood painting made by Uzbek folk artists.

At present time priceless samples of applied art created by golden hands of masters from the first half of XIX c. to the present time are collected in depository of the museum. Works of applied art that are kept in depository of the museum could be divided into 3 groups. Firstly, these are works of applied art that were created on the basis of ancient traditions and are related to different schools which reflect originality of individual region. Secondly, these are more enriched by ornamental patterns works that were developed since the second half of XX century and which were made using traditional methods of folk masters. And the third group consists of works of applied art that meet requirements of contemporary art and which are decorated by rare multicolored ornamental patterns.