Transcript Museums of Kazakhstan

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Almaty museums
The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The Central State
Museum of the
Republic of Kazakhstan
was established at the
beginning of the 1930's
in Almaty. The current
building dates to 1985
and hosts four large
exhibition halls,
covering hundreds of
unique Kazakh
exhibits including
spiritual and cultural
material describing the
thousand-year history
of the country.
The A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts
The State Arts Museum named
after A. Kasteyev includes over
20 thousand exhibits in its
collection (painting, graphics,
sculpture, theatre, and
decorative art).
It is a member of ICOM,
the International Confederation
of Museums.
There are fourteen permanent,
temporary and traveling
exhibitions.
The Museum's acquisitions
began in 1935-36, when
the Russian Museum and the A.
S. Pushkin Museum of Fine
Arts donated 200 works by
Russian and Western masters.
The Museum's collection traces
the art history of the East and
West from ancient to present
times.
The State Museum of National Musical Instruments
The State Museum of
National Musical Instruments
was created in 1980. It is one
of the cultural sights of "The
Southern Capital".Kazakh
musical instruments have
been collected in the Museum
from all regions of
Kazakhstan, as well as from
the CIS countries and other
parts of the world.
The collection includes
personal dombras of
poets, zhyrau and composers,
such as: Abai, Zhambyl,
Makhambet. Amre, Dina and
other figures of the musical
arts.
The Museum is located in a
traditional Russian wooden
building, dating to 1907.
The Archaeological Museum of the Kazakhstan National
Academy of Sciences
Set up in 1973, the
Museum includes four
exhibitions illustrating
the development
of civilization in
Kazakhstan from the
ancient period up to
the late Middle Ages.
The exhibition
demonstrates the
continuity of Kazakh
culture and traditions.
A statue of Zhambyl
Zhabayev, a wellknown Kazakh poet, is
located in front of the
Museum.
The State Book Museum
The Museum was
founded in 1977. Its
exhibitions show the
history of Kazakh
writing and printing as
well as modern
publications in
Kazakhstan. The
collection covers over
20 thousand exhibits,
including rare original
manuscripts, current
periodical
editions, ancient
drawings, booklets,
emblems and charts.
The Geology Museum of the Academy of Science
This unique Museum is
located in a basement filled
with semi-precious stones,
which visitors can reach via
elevator. Its main exhibition
includes collections of
the natural mineral
resources and stones of
Kazakhstan. Visitors of all
ages will enjoy the interactive
computer show,
demonstrating different
geological processes. The
Museum also includes a shop
selling jewelry, fragments of
ancient rocks and precious
stones. This is a good place to
buy gills, jewels from ancient
Kazakh culture and modern
art. The Museum also
organizes a five-day
geological tour throughout
the Zhailiy Alatau region.
The Nature Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Visitors can learn
about Paleontology and Zoolog
y. The Paleontology section
displays some very interesting
exhibitions with skeletons of
animals in petrified wood, found
in Kazakhstan, dating from early
geological epochs. The
collection includes the
original skeletons of dinosaurs,
giant rhinos, giant pigs, a
petrified tunic and many other
fascinating exhibits, which will
take visitors right back to
the Jurassic Period.
The Zoology section includes a
large variety of birds, mammals,
butterflies and other insects,
snakes and reptiles which
inhabit Kazakhstan.
The Museum is a good place to
learn about Kazakhstan's
natural beauty.
The Zhambyl Zhabayev Literary Museum
The Museum was
established in 1947 to
acquaint visitors with the
literary heritage of
Zhambyl Zhabayev, the
famous akyn (poet). The
Museum complex includes
theakyn's house, where
he lived in 1936-38 and
1938-45, a conference hall
where the akyn's ashes
are stored, a garage and
an administrative
building. The complex is
located among
picturesque surroundings.
N. Tlendiyev, a wellknown composer and
conductor, is also buried
on the grounds.