Museum History Timeline

Media installation, 2025

Alima Tokmergenova, Sergey Khegay

A visualized archival timeline that recreates and reveals the history of the museum’s development. In a linear chronology, we trace the institution’s journey: from the founding of a small art gallery in 1935 to its transformation into a major cultural institution.

Sources: Archives of the G. Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Central State Archives of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Central State Archive of Film, Photo and Sound Documents of the Kyrgyz Republic.