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Museum of National History |
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Written by birga
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Set up recently, the museum occupies the building of the former Museum of Revolution. The museum offers the richest collection on the history of Mongolia, from Stone Age to modern times. It allows retrospection the unique culture of the horse riding steppe nomads and their lifestyle. The exhibition contains many artifacts and arts, military equipment and arms of Genghis Khan Warriors. Outside the museum, the large modern sculpture is a memorial for the victims of the 1930s political repression. Also collection included Traditional Mongolian customs & jewelers.
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Written by birga
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This is one of the oldest museums, which were founded in 1924 as the National Central Museum. In 1956 it was renamed the State Central Museum and in 1997 it became the Museum of Natural History, Today there are departments of Geography, Geology, Flora and Fauna, and Paleontology in the museum. Displays of stuffed and embalmed animals including the rare Gobi bear and wild camel, birds and fish will give you a good idea about the rich fauna of Mongolia. Most impressive is the Paleontology section. There are petrified eggs and bones of many dinosaurs that lived in the Gobi desert 60-70 million years ago and two complete skeletons of the flesh-eating giant Tarbosaurus and ice duck-billed Saurolophus. Petrified bones of 5 kinds of dinosaurs out of 7 that are known today have been discovered in Mongolia. The museum also has samples of various minerals that are found in the country.
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The Zanabazar Fine Art Museum |
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Written by birga
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The Museum was founded in 1966. The first hail exhibits several thousands year-old cave paintings and deer stone paintings found in the territory of Mongolia; interesting objects depicting the rise and fall of different states that existed in the territory of present Mongolia are also exposed in the hall. Hand made carpets of the Huns, pieces of Uighur and Turkic constructions, the portrait of General Cultigen’s and hun-hushoo (stone statues of a man) are the most fascinating objects there. The museum also displays findings discovered during the archeological diggings in Karahorum. The museum has the best collection of Zanabazar's works and masks for religious dance, tsam. The tsam masks are made of papier-mâché and decorated with gold, silver, pearl and coral. |
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Choijin Lama Temple Museum |
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Written by birga
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This architectural ensemble consists of four temples, the main and supplementary gates, a tall blue brick fence, a wooden Ger and wooden fences. The temples were built in 1904-1908 for the brother of the 8th Bogd Gegeen, Choijin Lama Luvsanhaidav. The four temples are the Temple of Maharaja, the Main Temple, the Temple of Zuu, the Yadam Temple and the Amgalan (Peace) Temple. There are four gates entering this courtyard. The temples contain impressive collections of thangkas, Tsam masks, wooden and bronze statues, appliqués and papier-mâché of various gods, all made by Mongolian artists at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The interior and exterior of the temples are richly decorated with various small statues and masterly carved religious scenes.
  
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