Museum of Archaeology, Archaeological museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Museum of Archaeology occupies part of the Gylym Ordasy complex at 28 Shevchenko Street in Almaty, in the building of the National Academy of Sciences. Its galleries trace Kazakhstan's ancient history from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages, with Bronze Age grave goods, Saka and Wusun collections, and pottery, glass and coins from Otrar, Taraz, Turkestan and Talgar.
The museum was founded in 1973, but its roots trace back to research that Kazakh scientists started in the 1920s. Those early excavations and studies formed the foundation for the collection you see today.
The museum's name is tied to the Gylym Ordasy complex, the "citadel of science" of the National Academy of Sciences. Its collection grew from finds made by archaeologists across Kazakhstan, and the reconstructed burial chamber of kurgan No. 11 at Berel in the Altai is among the pieces visitors single out.
The museum occupies the Academy of Sciences building in the Gylym Ordasy complex at 28 Shevchenko Street, Medeu district, entered from the street side. The Central Scientific Library of Gylym Ordasy is housed in the same museum building, so allow time for both. The galleries run chronologically from Stone Age to Middle Ages, starting with the Begazy-Dandybai bronze finds.
The exhibit singled out in the sources is a reconstruction of the burial chamber of kurgan No. 11 at Berel in the Altai, shown alongside the so-called Berel horse. The Issyk Golden Man, studied inside the museum, is another highlight: its first reconstruction was made by K. Akishev and V. Sadomskov.
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