Museums in Almaty

Annex gallery of the Central State Museum with rotating exhibitions on Kazakh nomadic culture..

Archaeological site where the "Golden Man" Scythian warrior was discovered in 1969, with an on-site museum..

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the country's largest and oldest museum, housing over 300,000 artefacts across exhibitions on archaeology, ethnography, natural history, and modern Kazakhstan.

The Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, situated in the old government building on Republic Square, chronicles Kazakhstan's journey from Soviet republic to independent nation. Interactive exhibits cover the 1986 Jeltoqsan uprising, the transition to sovereignty, and modern statehood.

The Museum of Kazakh Folk Musical Instruments sits in a handsome 1908 wooden building inside Panfilov Park. Its collection of over 1,000 instruments spans the full range of Kazakh and Central Asian musical tradition, from nomadic horsehair fiddles to ceremonial drums.

The A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts is Central Asia's largest art museum, named after the first professional Kazakh painter, Abilkhan Kasteyev. Its collection spans 25,000 works including Kazakh, Russian, and European painting, sculpture, and decorative arts.