Almaty Railway Museum

The Almaty Railway Museum (Kazakhshan: Алматы темір жол мұражайы) is a railway museum in the city of Almaty, which deals with the first railways in Kazakhstan and the current state of the railways in Kazakhstan.

The history

The museum was opened in 1999 on the basis of a collection of the collector B. Schormakow. After the museum came under the management of the state railway company in 2004, it was reopened on 15 December 2010 in a new exhibition space. Today the museum is the largest railway museum in Kazakhstan by area.