Museum insect pests are mainly categorised as dry wood feeders and belong to populations producing high biomass in terms of number of individuals, which is rare among species in terms of diversity. Under the conditions of Uzbekistan, the black domestic beetle Hylotrupes bajulus and the Turkestan termite Anacanthotermes turkestanicus and the large Transcaspian termite Anacanthotermes ahngerianus are very common in our historical museums.