One of the first museums in Mongolia - was built in 1924. It used to be a winter residence of the last Bogd Khaan of Mongolia, Javzandamba.The Winter Palace of Bogd Khaan compound was built between 1893 and 1903, and is well known for it's Gate of Peace, Temple and personal library of Bogd Khaan. Among the museum's exhibits are sculptures by Mongolia's first Bogd Khaan Zanabazar, the famous Taras. The museum has 21 invaluable sculptures of Taras. The collections at the Palace Museum numbers over 8,000 exhibits, of these 72 are certified by the State as unique but others are priceless artifacts. For example, there is a mantle (lama's) made of black fox fur that was presented to the first Bogd Zanabazar by the Manchurian King Enkh-Amgalan. The fur mantle is made of 80 fox skins and, by removing spinal parts of the skins, is seen to be adorned with 61 pieces of coral flower and 800 pieces of pearl. Its length is 186cm and the width of its skirt is 7 meters. Bogd Khaan also had a jacket made of yellow brocade and decorated with pearl patterns in which about 22,000 small pearls have been used. Besides this, it is worthy of mention that there is a hat, made from the leaves of a sandal tree that had been presented to the Bogd Khaan by Dalai Lama V and a chair presented by Russian Tsar Nikolai II. In its time, the chair used to play music when someone sat on it. The museum preserves the crown of the Bogd Khaan, a music box, silver articles, various stuffed animals, a carriage, silver saddle, and many other priceless and unique items.
The National Museum of Mongolia is located in the capital city. The Museum is a cultural, scientific and educational organization, which is responsible for the collection, conservation and interpretation of the objects under its curation.The museum offers the richest collection on the history of Mongolia, from Stone Age to modern times. It helps to understand the unique culture and lifestyle of the horse riding steppe nomads. The exhibition contains military equipment and arms of Chinggis Khaan era, anthropological and archeological artifacts. The ground floor displays the cultural items related Mongolia, the ger, farming implements, horse saddles, musical instruments, and some exhibits related to Buddhism. The second floor is contains the traditional costumes and head-gears from the various minority groups of Mongolia. The third floor houses mainly historical photos, documents, etc. The large modern sculpture outside the museum is a memorial for the victims of the 1930s political repression."This museum will make you appreciate the Mongolian history, culture, traditions and their progress over the years, it explains the journey of the Mongols from the great Ghengis / Chinggis Khan to Soviet rule to the current Democratic rule." July 2014, Mclean from Virginia
The Zanabazar Fine Arts Museum is an extensive collection of art works by Mongolian artists, sculptors and painters beginning from the Paleolithic Age (Early Stone Age)to the early 20th century.The building of the Fine Arts Museum was constructed in 1913 in a ‘European style’. The museum is renowned for the works of G. Zanabazar (1635-1724), which include the statues of Sita Tara, the Five Dhayani Buddhas and the Bodhi Stupa. By visiting the museum, you will see the artistic works of Mongolian masters of the 18-20th Centuries, coral masks, tankas, as well as the famous paintings of B.Sharav entitled “A Day in Mongolia” and “Airag feast”. The Museum contains 13000 objects. The exhibition hall regularly hosts the works of contemporary artists.
The museum displays over eleven thousand of intellectual items from 130 countries around the World. Unique work of arts, spaceship rockets, monasteries, monuments and buildings are all made into puzzles.The International Intellectual Museum is the first privately owned museum and was established on August 13, 1990 in Ulaanbaatar. The museum displays over eleven thousand of intellectual items from 130 countries around the World. All items are classified into 15 sub categories in order to create a friendly environment for visitors. The guide is available for every visitor with explanation of the exhibits. Most of the displays of the museum represent various branches of sciences in simplified form by toys and puzzle games. The fact that visitors are allowed to touch, and challenge themselves by putting puzzle games together, instead of merely seeing, makes the museum attractive and enjoyable.Exhibitions displayed are: Over 7000 puzzles are displayed, starting with simple ones that consist from two pieces to difficult ones from 673 pieces. Assembling and disassembling of these puzzles are so challenging that they require from 1 up to 56831 movements. Among the various geometrical shapes of the puzzles you can find the Seven Wonders of the World made into puzzle.Unique work of arts, spaceship rockets, monasteries, monuments and buildings are all made into puzzles.
