Central State Museum of Kazakhstan(1985) (Almaty) | interesting place

 museum, interesting place

Next to the Presidential Palace which was the office before.
480099, Almaty, Samal-1,44 • tel 64-55-77 • Hours 10:00-17:00 (closed Tuesdays) • admission 60 tenge adults, 30 tenge children
The Central State Museum of Kazakh Republic is one of the largest museums in Central Asia. Acquisition of it's collections started in thirties of the XIXth c. in Orenburg. One of the founders of the Museum was a noted linguist, the author of the "Explanatory Dictionary" Vladimir Dal. Later museum funds included collections of the museums of Semirechye region, Museum of Cossak Army and Rebublic Anti-religious Museum.
In 1931 Museum opened it's doors. It was located in the Cathedral- a unique architectural complex, planned by famous architect A. P. Zenkov and built 1904-1907. The Cathedral was one of a few borne a destroying Verny earthquake in 1911. The modern edifice of the museum , planned by architects J. Ratushny, Z. Mustafina and B. Rzagaliev, was built in 1985. It is rightfully considered to be one of the magnificent buildings of the modern architecture of our city. The total space of the museum is 17557 sq. metres. Three storeys of the building accomodate exhibition galleries and four exposition halls, which present only one tenth part of the large museum's collection. Today museum funds numbers of approximately 200 thousand items of material and spiritual culture.