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The '''Central State Museum of Kazakhstan'''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.almaty-kazakhstan.net/attractions/entertainment/central-state-museum/ | title=Central State Museum of Kazakhstan Republic | publisher=[http://www.almaty-kazakhstan.net/ Almaty, Kazakhstan] | accessdate=6 August 2014 }}</ref> is the largest museum in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]], and one of the largest museums in [[Central Asia]].<ref name="Heritage Net">[http://www.unesco.kz/heritagenet/kz/hn-english/csmrk/engl/history_en.htm Heritage Net], UNESCO.</ref>

When first established in 1931, the museum was located in the Almaty Cathedral. It moved to a modern facility in 1985 and is a landmark in Almaty.<ref name="Heritage Net"/>

The museum houses the most significant collection of [[Culture of Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] historical, archaeological, and modern cultural and political artifacts.{{Fact|date=November 2007}}

==See also==
* [[List of museums in Kazakhstan]]
* [[National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commonscat|Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan}}
* [http://www.unesco.kz/heritagenet/kz/hn-english/csmrk/engl/collection_en.htm Museum website] maintained by [[UNESCO]]

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