Historical and cultural ethnographic center

Open to Tourists but Don't Bother

This strange complex seems like a half hearted attempt at a museum. There are a few exhibits with some English captions and a large mock-up of a yurt, but other sections seem to be packed up. There is...

Some useful information

Actually I didn't pay the ticket to go inside because also outside there were lot of important information. There were a series of ordered panels describing the site in English. In my opinion this w...

For your information

We spent a bit of time at the Historical Culture Ethnographic Centre in Turkestan while in the area August 2017. It has seven rooms with the history of Turkestan and the region spread throughout them,...

Fascinating Museum

The admission fee includes a very professional and informative English speaking guide and he made the museum come alive. We would never have learned so much about the exhibits without him. The museum ...

Nice but, could be better

+hospitable staff + good model of turkestan + modern kazakhstan propaganda at 3th floor + great yurt inside - lack of english language (or even russian) information