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Zhambyl regional local history museum was opened in 1931. From the beginning it had the status of a city museum, and then in the late 40s, the museum was given the status of the regional local history. Over the years collection of the museum was refilled from various sources. Basically, there were exhibits from archaeological expeditions of the Kazakhstan scientists, as well as replenishment of fund was due to the active participation of the urban community.

The most valuable exhibits of the museum were originally: collections of archaeology, numismatics, ethnography, documents and photographs. The scientific description and dating of archaeological objects were carried out then still by the young scientist M.E.Masson. A famous archaeologist of Kazakhstan, a candidate of historical science G.I.Patsevich participated in the organizational work of the museum. There are three scientific departments in the regional museum: the fund department, the history department, archaeology and ethnography, the history department of modern society. Since 1980, the exhibition hall, area of 303 sq m operates as the department of the museum. In 1978 to the regional museum was given the 3-storey building in the centre of the city – on Dostyk Square. In 13 exhibition halls was found the reflection, in the chronological order, the main landmarks of the history from the first paleontological finds to date.

The museum took an active part in the expedition works, which have dug out ancient settlements and cultural monuments such as Tekturmas, Bai-Tobe Kurgan, Yani-Kurgan. The archaeological expeditions, led by the museum employee A.P.Popov, made excavations of ancient Taraz baths of lX-Xll centuries. As a result of archaeological research, the amount of the exhibits was considerably increased.

Currently the fund of the museum includes 35000 depositary items. In 2002, for the 2000 anniversary of Taraz, the museum has been completely renovated, opened 3 new pavilions such as: “The museum of the ancient Turkic writing and ancient Turkic stone statues", “The history museum of Taraz -2000", “Art museum of L.V. Bryumer". The total exhibition area of a modern museum complex is almost 2000 sq metres.

The exposition of the museum is divided into departments. Rich paleontological collections are stored in the department of nature: fossils of marine animals, the remains of large animals' bones, petrified trees and etc., and also a large collection of flora and fauna is shown. The collection of labour stone tools, found in Karatau mountain by the professor Alpysbayev Kh.A, are shown in the department of archaeology; human remains; bronze sickle; finds of Saka period: the figures from the altars, arrowheads and copies, a bronze helmet of the warrior. By the way, there was found only three similar helmets in the CIS territory one of which was discovered in the territory of Zhambyl region.

A large collection of products from unglazed and glazed ceramics are presented in the exposition of the museum of Taraz period such as : various vessels large and small forms, kitchen utensils, water pipes, lamps, sphere cones, dastarkhan, vessels for burial – ossuary, products from bronze: censers for aromas, supports under censers and etc.

The pride of the museum is “The museum of the ancient Turkic writing and stone statues". It has an interesting design – a semi-circular structure, symbolizing the mound, on which the statue was placed. The stone statues of this museum appear as close to its natural location, come to life, telling stories about the ancient tribes and peoples. The third new pavilion of the museum complex is art. It is devoted to the works of unique artist L.V.Bryumer, repressed and exiled at the beginning of the war in Kazakhstan.

The museum has three branches in the regions:

1. Sarysu regional local history museum;

2. Shu regional local history museum;

3. Zhualy Memorial museum of Bauirzhan Momyshuly.

Main activities of the regional museum are:

sightseeing tours, holding meetings and “round tables" on current topics, thematic tours for students, pupils, city and region visitors, lecturing on local history at schools, universities and enterprises of the city and region, , organization of roving and stationary exhibits. Tours are conducted in Kazakh, Russian, English languages.

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