Almaty Museum of Arts
Kazakhstan · Asia
About
Almaty Museum of Arts (ALMA) is a private museum of modern and contemporary art in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was founded by entrepreneur Nurlan Smagulov and opened to the public on 12 September 2025, becoming the largest institution of its kind in Central Asia and among the largest in the world.
Smagulov conceived the project after more than three decades of art collecting. Construction began in 2022 to a design by the British architectural practice Chapman Taylor.
The 9,400 m² building consists of two interlocking L-shaped volumes: one clad in aluminium, evoking the modern city, and the other in limestone, referencing the Tian Shan mountains.
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