This is a list of museums in Kazakhstan.
Almaty, formerly known as Alma-Ata, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of over 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Akmola.
Dinmukhamed Akhmetuly "Dimash" Kunaev was a Kazakh Soviet communist politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan.
Almaty Region is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the city of Taldykorgan. But with the creation of the new Jetysu Region in 2022, Taldykorgan was chosen to be its capital and the capital of Almaty region was moved to the city of Kunayev.
Gabit Makhmutuli Musirepov was a Soviet Kazakh writer, playwright and author of libretto to Kazakh opera Kyz-Zhibek. He was awarded the People's Writer of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, served as President of the Kazakhstan Union of Writers, and was a member of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.
Ural Tansykbaevich Tansykbayev was an Uzbek painter of Kazakh descent. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR and People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR in the category visual art.
The Central State Museum of Kazakhstan is the largest museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and one of the largest museums in Central Asia.
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences is the highest scientific organization of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Academy of Sciences was founded on 1 June 1946 on the basis of the Kazakh branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The central office is located in Almaty. It is a state institution that joins active members (academicians), corresponding members, and leading scientists of Kazakhstan.
Narxoz University is a higher education institution in Kazakhstan providing training in economics, business, finance, and law, located in the city of Almaty. Founded in 1963, the current name since 2016. The university includes 3 schools in the areas of training, research centers, scientific and educational departments, 5 representative offices in the regions of Kazakhstan, and an economic college.
Umbetaly Karibayev is a rural locality (selo) in Zhambyl district of Almaty region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The selo is the administrative center of Sholakkorgan rural district. Until 1993, it was called the village of Kirovo. It was renamed in honor of the Kazakh aqyn Umbetaly Karibayev (1889-1969).
The Ykhlas Museum of Folk Musical Instruments is a musical instrument museum located in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Sergebayev Yesken Amanzholovich - is a prominent Soviet and Kazakh sculptor, former Dean of Paintings and Sculptor Faculty, currently he is the Professor and Head of Sculptor Department of Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T.Zhurgenov.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan.
The Kazakh National Academy of Arts is the main theatre, film, drama, and fine arts and design school in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Academy began as the theatrical faculty of the Kurmangazy Institute of Arts, known today as the Kazakh National Conservatory, in 1955. It was named after Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898-1939) in 1989.
The A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts is the largest art museum in Kazakhstan, located in Almaty.
The Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen is an urban park located in east-central Almaty in the area surrounding the Ascension Cathedral. It is dedicated to and named after the Panfilov heroes which were the 28 soldiers of an Alma-Ata Infantry unit who allegedly died while defending Moscow from the German invasion during the Second World War. The group took its name from Ivan Panfilov, the General commanding the 316th division which, in spite of heavy casualties, believed at that time managed to significantly delay the Germans advance to Moscow, thus buying the time for the defenders of the city. An eternal flame commemorating the fallen of the World War II and the Eastern Front burns in front of the giant black monument of soldiers from all 15 Soviet republics.
Malik Aueskhanuly Oskenbay is an artist, sculptor, the head of the subject-cyclic commission of the specialties "Painting, sculpture, theater arts" in Almaty College of Decorative and Applied Arts, and a member of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan.
The art of Kazakhstan covers all forms of art created throughout history by the peoples living on the territory of modern-day Kazakhstan. Throughout most periods, much of the population of Kazakhstan was nomadic, or at least moved regularly across the vast country. The great majority of the art of Kazakhstan is applied art: the decoration of practical objects, including household utensils and patterned harnesses, through art forms such as carpet-weaving, pottery, and leatherwork. The art of Kazakhstan also includes architecture, fine arts, and sculpture.
The Satbayev Memorial Museum is a museum dedicated to Kazakh scientist Kanysh Satbayev, academician of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Academy of Sciences, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Nature Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a natural history museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, located in the Gylym Ordasy complex in Almaty.
State Literary and Memorial Museum Complex of S. Mukanov and G. Musrepov is a memorial museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, located in the house where Gabit Musrepov and Sabit Mukanov lived.