The National Museum in Astana is the largest museum in Central Asia. The richest collection of exhibits from different eras - from the Paleolithic to the present day - is housed in seven halls with a total area of 74 thousand square meters. meters. The museum is equipped with the latest demonstration technologies.
Description
In March 1998, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, at a meeting to prepare for the year of national unity, proposed the creation of the National Museum of Kazakhstan in Astana. Preparatory work for the implementation of the project began immediately, and after sixteen years he received the first visitors. The National Museum was inaugurated in the presence of the President on July 2, 2014.
The collection of the National Museum in Astana includes exhibits from different eras. The exposition is located in seven rooms with modern equipment that meets the requirements of international standards.
The building houses a research institute and restoration workshops, as well as a library and a meeting room with simultaneous translation. The architectural ensemble of the building includes seven blocks of different heights - from two to seven floors.
Hall of Independent Kazakhstan
This hall contains exhibits representing the new history of Kazakhstan, as an independent state that has found its own path of development. Attention is drawn to a rare exhibit - a carpet, which depicts President Nazarbayev at the time of the speech on the opening day of the museum. The hall is equipped with information screens, through which visitors learn all the information on the history of the Kazakh state.
Hall of Ancient and Medieval History
The National Museum in Astana exhibits a large archaeological collection. Here visitors will get acquainted with the life and household items of people of the Stone Age. This hall presents exhibits mined on expeditions in Kazakhstan. Widely displayed objects of the Bronze Age, as well as tools, coins and ceramics of the Middle Ages. Thus, sightseers get an idea of the life and life of ancient people and the Middle Ages.
Hall of history
It shows the history of the Kazakh Khanate, as well as the history of the struggle for the independence of the Kazakh people, from the 15th century to the present day. Visitors will get acquainted with the culture, life of writers, scientists and travelers. In the hall you can see national costumes, models of mausoleums, dishes. Quranes, letters and seals, coins are presented as historical documents of the time.
Astana Hall
The hall is dedicated to the capital of Kazakhstan - Astana. The National Museum of the Republic has a rare beauty in its excursion program.
In the hall of Astana at 11:00, the dynamic layout of the capital begins. This beautiful action gathers all visitors to the museum. A holographic 3D-model of the city appears in the highlighted central part of the media floor, which, as it were, grows out of the ground in the chronological sequence of the construction of new buildings and attractions. You can also watch the show by going upstairs.
Visitors to the hall see a lot of subject and documentary exhibits related to various events - these are gifts and awards, photographs and documents. As well as plans and schemes of cultural facilities built, including those made by President Nazarbayev.
Ethnography Hall
This hall demonstrates the life and traditions of the Kazakh people. The peculiarity of this part of the museum lies in the fact that here, using modern technical means, the effect of presence is achieved. The center of the exposition is a traditional felt yurt.
The sky is projected above it using innovative technology, and a spherical screen is installed around it, on which the streets and houses of the traditional Kazakh settlement are displayed. Periodically, at short intervals, day is replaced by night.
The National Museum in Astana acquaints tourists with details of the life and traditional way of life of nomads. Visitors will learn how the yurt is arranged, in what order it is assembled. Visitors to the city see objects of everyday life and religious worship of the Kazakhs, national clothes, leather dishes, musical instruments and much more.
Gold hall
In two halls, gold artifacts of the Scythian culture of the Saka period are shown - objects of art, weapons, harness from burial grounds.
Gold items are so high-quality processed that experts consider them to be world masterpieces.
Museum mission
The National Museum in Astana has two important functions: preserving national history and culture and educating citizens. According to the creators, one must support the other. Without preservation of cultural and spiritual values, education is impossible, and without an educated population there will be no one to keep these values in the future.
How to find
The museum is located in an architectural ensemble of beautiful buildings near Independence Square.
Address of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana: 54 Tauelsizdik Avenue.