1925-1933
Central Museum of Kyrgyzstan
BASE
The exhibition was prepared for the start of the First Constituent Congress of the Soviets of Kyrgyzstan and was placed in one of the rooms of M.V. Frunze’s parents’ house. The creation of the museum marked the beginning of the systematic study of the history and nature of the mountainous region, as well as the widespread promotion of local history. The first director of the museum and founder of the ethnographic department was the renowned ethnographer S.M. Abramzon. In the 1920s and 1930s, the main focus was on the collection of ethnographic and natural science exhibits. The creation of the historical and archaeological department is associated with the name of the Leningrad scholar and archaeologist A.N. Bernstein.
1933-1943 ||| 1943-1954
Renaming
HISTORY OF NAMES
1925-1933 — Central Museum of Kyrgyzstan;
1933-1943 — State Museum of Local History;
1943-1954 — Museum of National Culture;
In 1954 — renamed the State Historical Museum;
In 2018 — renamed the National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic.
In 1941, under its leadership, the first scientific exhibition on the history of Kyrgyzstan, from the 2nd millennium BC to the early 20th century, was opened. In 1947, the department of socialist construction began its work. The foundations of its exhibition were laid by museum staff from the 1940s-1950s, now known scholars and historians: S.K. Kerimbaev, K.U. Usenbaev, K.I. Antipina, V.Ya. Galitsky.
In 1967, the Historical Museum moved to a building constructed in 1927 by architect A.P. Zenkov for the Republic’s government. The museum grew into a major scientific, cultural, and methodological center in the Republic.
In 1991, the Historical Museum was transferred the building of the branch of the Central Museum of V.I. Lenin.
2016-2021
Reconstruction and
OPENING
Currently, the museum’s collections contain 90,000 items of museum significance, including 44,000 items in the main collection. The pride of the Historical Museum are its archaeological and ethnographic collections, as well as materials that tell the story of state building, the development, and achievements in the fields of economy, science, and culture of both Soviet and independent Kyrgyzstan. From 2016 to 2021, the museum was under reconstruction, and on November 20, 2021, the museum reopened its doors to visitors.