Our Halls

Nature Hall

Visitors’ acquaintance with the museum exhibition begins in the Nature Hall, which showcases the diversity and richness of the earth’s resources, flora, and fauna of the Ridder region throughout its historical development.

History Hall

The Historical Hall exhibition is conventionally divided into informational sections: the development of the region from ancient times to the establishment of Ridder as a center of non-ferrous metallurgy in Soviet Kazakhstan; the ethnographic corner “Old Believers’ Hut,” which tells one of the most interesting chapters of the Ridder region’s settlement; the “Military Glory” corner, highlighting the city’s contribution during the Great Patriotic War and the internationalist soldiers; and a section dedicated to the outstanding state and party figure of the Kazakh SSR, head of the Ridder mining administration during the Great Patriotic War, D.A. Kunaev.

Modern History Hall

A new chapter in the city’s history begins with the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, revealing new facets of the region’s economic and cultural potential. This is showcased through the museum materials in the Modern History Hall.

Kazakh Ethnography Corner

In the Hall of Contemporary History, a special place is given to the section dedicated to the unity and spiritual harmony of the multinational people of Kazakhstan. Residents and visitors of the city consistently show great interest in the traditions and daily life of the Kazakh people in the ethnographic corner “Yurta.”

Geology Corner

A special pride of the Ridder Historical and Local History Museum is the exhibition that tells about the past, present, and future of the foundation of the mining-industrial complex – geology. This is showcased through a collection of minerals and polymetallic ore samples, a set of documents, authors’ monographs, and personal belongings of renowned geologists. The museum also features an exhibition dedicated to the Ridder area of impact structures (astroblemes). It can be confidently stated that there is no equivalent to it anywhere in Kazakhstan or abroad.

Corner - Room of the 1950s–1960s

The museum exhibition concludes with the Room of the 1950s–1960s. The interior of the room vividly transports visitors back to the Soviet post-war era, the time of the first television broadcasts and the first space flight. This room consistently evokes warm and positive responses not only from visitors from the post-Soviet space but also from guests from far abroad.