The Collections

 

The Restoration Department

Art of Western Europe

The Research Library

In the museum depositories are divided according to storage: paintings by old masters, old Russian art (icons), paintings of Kazakhstan. Graphics, jewelry, leather, weaving, felt, tapestry, contemporary decorative and applied arts, the orient collection and sculptures. With the assistance of UNESCO, the museum’s Accounts Department has developed a special programme of work. All the art works with details of arrival and photographic works and rollers for carpets and tapestry.Centralized air conditioning (warm in winter and cool in summer). Maintenance of humidity and light, and measurement and regulation of temperature and humidity every morning and evening, are conducted by a qualified engineer and climatologist. Thus, the museum strictly follows the “Cultural Values Storage Instruction”.