Seeing Stuff At The State Museum In Almaty

Another museum, another expansive formal name: The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The place is a bit of a catch all, sort of like if all the Smithsonian museums were thrown into a juicer. Some history, ancient to recent. Fossils, dioramas, clothes, Soviet relics. Whatever says Kazakhstan for the past 10,000 years or so.

Grand entrance, classic Soviet era Brutalist architecture. With fresh flower beds.

Grand main lobby, atrium. So far, all grand. Mastodon skeleton. Missing a few pieces.

Time to get to some cool dioramas. How about a fierce, Silk Road era throw down battle?

Domestic life. Bending and strapping wood for thatch hut framing.

Ancient water works. Clever. Let your camel do the pumping.

Dioramas At The Military History Museum In Almaty

Nothing like a stirring Great Patriotic War battle re-creation to dump you into intense history. The Military History Museum of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan has a few dioramas to illustrate war vividly.

Epic Soviet battle during the winter. Don't forget your white jacket, pants set!

Hunkering down in a trench. Always lead with your pistol.

Tending to the eerily content wounded. Is that medic a woman or a communist hippie?

Calm before storms. Coat and machine gun hanging in a cabin. Communication post up in the mountains.

Death arrives. Grim.