Editing Astana (section)

==Theaters, concert halls, and museums==
[[File:National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.jpg|thumb|National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan]]
There are 27 libraries in Astana, whose services in 2011 were used by 153 people for every thousand residents, 8 state museums, which were visited by 415,500 people in 2011 and which conducted 68,514 excursions, 10 recreation parks, in 2011 1492.2 thousand visitors were received and 99 events, 6 state museums and 6 cinemas were held.
*The [[Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall|Central Concert Hall Kazakhstan]] is a unique complex of the young capital designed for events of various levels: concerts of world and domestic stars, celebrations and official meetings, exhibitions, conferences, presentations. Architect [[Manfredi Nicoletti]]
*Astana Circus is an entertaining circus institution in the city of Nur Sultan. One of the three main circuses of Kazakhstan; in the territory of the former USSR, one of the newest circuses and one of two unique circus buildings in the form of a "flying saucer" (along with the Kazan circus)
*The National Opera and Ballet Theater named after K. Baiseitova is the youngest musical theater in the country, the bearer of the traditions of the Kazakh and world musical culture, comprehending the classical heritage and realizing the spiritual needs of the renewed Kazakhstani society
*[[Astana Opera]] is a theater founded by the initiative of the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The theater building, built in 2013, this Parthenon-styled edifice is one of the cultural centers of the city, staging both classical and original works,<ref name="The Qazaqstan Monitor">{{Cite news |title=7 Sights to See on Your Next Visit to Nur-Sultan |work=The Qazaqstan Monitor |url=https://qazmonitor.com/travel/744/7-sights-to-see-on-your-next-visit-to-nur-sultan}}</ref> is recognized as an architectural monument of national importance
*Kazakh Music and Drama Theater named after K. Kuanyshbaev
*State Academic Russian Drama Theater named after Maxim Gorky
*The [[National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan]] is the largest museum in Central Asia. The museum was created on behalf of the first president of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A. *Nazarbayev in the framework of the State program "Cultural Heritage"
*Modern Art Museum
*Presidential Center of Culture – created on the initiative of the head of state N. Nazarbayev. The uniqueness of the research, cultural and educational complex of the capital is that its structure includes a museum, a library, a concert hall
*[[ALZhIR]] (Akmola camp of wives of traitors to the motherland) – the largest Soviet women's camp, one of the three "islands" of the "Gulag Archipelago"
*Atameken is an ethno-memorial complex of nature, architecture and life on a large-scale map of Kazakhstan
*[[The Museum of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan|Museum of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan]]
*Memorial complex of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (in honor of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in the capital)
*Museum of The Future (Nur-Alem Pavilion) – is more than just a monument of [[Expo 2017|EXPO2017]]. The museum exhibition is all about the energy of the future. You can learn everything there is to know about renewable, green, and solar-powered energy sources, as well as see a model of the city proposed for 2050<ref name="The Qazaqstan Monitor"/>