The Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union, academician, writer, public figure Malik Gabdullin was opened in accordance with the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07.05.1993 No. 465 and in connection with the decree of the Akim of Kokshetau Region No. 1-39 dated September 4, 1995 in honor of the 80th anniversary of our hero.
In 2004, the old building of the museum, which was 116 years old, was declared unusable. Akimat of Akmola region decided to reconstruct the museum building.
On August 19, 2005, the solemn opening of the new museum was attended by the president of the Republic N. A. Nazarbayev, who was then on a working trip in Akmola region, laid flowers at the monument to M. Gabdullin and paid tribute to the hero of the day.
The main purpose of the activity of the state institution" Malik Gabdullin museum " is to instill in the younger generation the responsibility for protecting the fatherland through the personality of Hero of the Soviet Union, academician, public figure M. Gabdullin, to promote the heroic traditions of our heroic ancestors, to form a new Kazakhstan patriotism through the activation of ethnopedagogical propaganda work.
More than 7 thousand exhibits are stored in the museum's collection. More than 7 thousand exhibits are included in the automated museum system (as museum).