Central State Museum

The Central State Museum is one of the biggest museums in Central Asia. It all started back in the 1930s in Orenburg when they made "The Museum of Orenburg Region" in the Neplyev Military Academy. They combined three other museums – the Museum of Semirechye region, the Cossack Army, and the Republican Anti-Religious Committee museums – into this big museum.

Housed in a grand cathedral in designed by a famous architect named A.P. Zenkov, its modern building was reconstructed in 1985. The museum exhibits history from different periods, including Bronze Age Burials to sacrifices during the Second World War.

Now, this museum has more than 300,000 exhibits from all over the world and related to religion. Key highlights of the Central State Museum include its seven big exhibition rooms. These rooms showcase fossils, bones, petrified trees, even tiny things like plant pollen. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions, educational programs, and cultural events, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of Kazakhstan's history and cultural diversity.