Description of the attraction
The Railway Museum in the city of Alma-Ata was opened in 1999 on the basis of the private collection of the honorary veteran railroad worker Beisen Shormakov. Initially, there were not so many exhibits, but the hard work and efforts of all employees made the museum's collection full and interesting.
The exposition of the museum clearly illustrates the history of the development of railway transport in Kazakhstan. The first hall tells about the life of the Kazakh people and about the caravan routes, which in the future will become a busy railway. The next milestone in development was the construction of the railway, and in the museum you can see the real tools of the workers of those times. In one of the halls, various models are located, which illustrate all the historical events associated with the development of railway traffic in Kazakhstan, as well as a detailed evolution of vehicles.
On the second floor you can see the personal belongings of the railway workers and archival documents related to the construction of railways. In addition, there is an extensive collection of railway badges.
A separate part of the exposition tells about the means of communication between stations at a time when modern technical equipment did not yet exist, and about the security system that was then in place to avoid train collisions. How all these technical systems worked, and the devices will be shown and told by the guides of the museum.
