The Karaganda Ecological Museum, run by a dedicated, campaigning environmental NGO, has to be the most imaginative museum in the country. Everything can be touched, and this includes large rocket parts that have fallen on the steppe after Baykonur space launches, and debris collected from the Semipalatinsk Polygon. Other display topics include the saiga antelope and chemical safety in Kazakhstan. The guided tours, available in English, are well worth it and are best requested in advance.
The entrance is beneath an ‘Ortalykkazzherkoynauy’ sign at the side of the Bank RBK building.
