Central State Museum Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan

Loved the artifacts especially on the local content with some nice historic pieces. The mammoth remains are beautiful and the O'Dea of three levels building onto the present of the country is a nice idea.

500 for a ticket. No wait on weekdays. Most of the text is in local language except few areas. Good to have insight into the history and diaspora of Kazakhstan. Building containing museum is very beautiful itself. 1 hour max

I really enjoyed this museum. It had great displays on the history of the country and the local people and the people from around the former Soviet Union that were involuntarily relocated. A great way to spend a few hours. It could use more foreign language accessibility.

It's the largest and most important museum in Almaty, worth a visit while exploring the city. There are 4 main halls, each with a special focus on one particular aspect of life in Kazakhstan. The museum's building is old and the air conditioning during the summer months may not be sufficient. It would also help if they have boxes in the cloakroom to leave the backpack whole visiting.

Very chaotic both for ticket price and visiting policy. First, entrance fees is 500, there are another 1000 for the anthropology hall and 1000 for another hall that I didn’t enter, another 1300 for the golden hall. So in order to enter all the halls you need to pay 3800. The price is fine, as long as you actually allow people to really see all the artifacts. I was chased out after I entered the hall for less than 30 mins. In the golden hall I argued for a bit and the staff let me finish. Thank you. But in the anthropology hall the staff just turned off the lights and forced me to leave. Never had such experience before in other countries or even in other museums in this country: Astana, Shymkent, etc. nowhere. Also, no photo allowed, even with phone in these two halls. No further comments, if this is the policy I respect. Also there is no good catalog sold there about these spectacular ancient artifacts. The 500 fee could let you in for the rest of the halls, which allowed photos by phone. But you could only enter once. At first I thought the upper level of the archaeological hall was connected to another hall so I went out for lunch and hoping to get there through another path. But it turned out not connected to anything. So by the time I was back and wanted to enter again, the staff wouldn’t let me in because I have already entered it…. Again, never had such problems before anywhere. The ticket chart did not say anything about the entry policy, photo policy (but the staff will remind you and there are signs on the wall) and there is no option for paying extra to take photos like some other comments said. What a nice and friendly museum. I understand very well that this museum is owned by the state and dedicated to the people here, and as a academic and someone very fascinated by the history and culture of this country I had an indeed very unpleasant experience, not very helpful for learning in my opinion. The feelings are subjective but facts are facts. Decide yourself whether you still want to go.