The exposition of the  hall “History of Kazakhstan” is represented by household items, household, clothing, crafts and decorative and applied arts, as well as photographic documents reflecting the history and culture of the people of Kazakhstan. The created figurative exposition complexes introduce the culture of 16 ethnic groups.  Of particular interest is the exhibition “Traditional Culture of Koreans”, implemented jointly with the National Museum of Ethnography of South Korea, demonstrating the history and culture of the Korean people.

The hall also has an exposition dedicated to Kazakhstanis who showed heroism at the front and in the rear during the Great Patriotic War. Memorial objects and complexes reveal specific historical events or fragments of the life and work of outstanding personalities.

The exposition section “Rear to the Front” is devoted to the economy, national economy, activities of scientific and cultural institutions that worked during the war in Kazakhstan. Posters, samples of equipment and products produced during the war, photographs, awards, documents, letters and other personal belongings of home front workers are displayed in the showcases. The central place in the thematic complex is devoted to “Science and culture of Kazakhstan during the Great Patriotic War”.    The exposition ends with the materials of the Victory Parade and the Circle of Glory, where the names of 510 Kazakhstan Heroes of the Soviet Union are inscribed in gold letters.