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In Mongolia there are some 40 museums, including those in the provinces. After the early 1990s, many museums have been renamed and many new items added to their exhibits. The major museums of Mongolia include the State Central Museum, Museum of National History and National Gallery. This page including list of Contacs of museum (Telephone, Location) , information of musuem (timetables, ticket prices, main exhibitions)
* The National Museum of Mongolian History - Exhibits of the museum show the history and culture of Mongols from ages as early as the Stone Age and up to the modern days. Tel: 70110913, 70110914 Location: Location: on the west side of Parliament house, west corner of Sukhbaatar square. Timetable: Everyday 10am - 05.30pm (Closed on Sunday, Monday) Tickets: Adults, Tourists 2500 mnt , Child 600 mnt, Students 1200mnt
* The Museum of Natural History - historical and ethnological exhibits. Opposite of the National Museum of Mongolian history. Established in 1956, six museum consists of 40 different halls. Of special interest is the dozens of dinosaur fossils found in Gobi Desert. Tel: 70110183 Location: North-west side of Parliament building, behind the National Museum Timetable: Everyday 10.00 am - 04.30 pm (closed on Monday, Tuesday) Tickets: Adults, Tourists 2500 mnt, Students 1000mnt , Children 300mnt, Children under school age enter free.
* The Choijin Lama Museum - Formerly a monastery and temple complex, includes a collection of masks used for the ceremonial Tsam dancing. One of few Buddhist monasteries that survived destruction during 1930s while serving as communist headquarters. Tel: 328547, 324788, 91113778 Location: On east side of State central Library Timetable: Everyday 10am-4pm (closed on Monday and Sunday) Ticket: Adult tourist 2500mnt, child 500mnt, student 1000mnt, with photocamera 12000mnt
* The Bogd Khaan Winter Palace Museum - Built between 1893 and 1903. It was the residence and monastery of Mongolia’s last Bogd Khaan (religious and governmental leader), Javzan Damba Hutgat VIII. Bogd Khaan lived in this palace for 20 years and when he died (in 1924) the communist government prohibited any ongoing reincarnations. Contains religious and cultural items from the 17th century to the beginning of 20th century. Tel: 342195 Location: Chinggis Avenue, South of Peace bridge Timetable: Everyday 9.30am-4.30pm (closed on Wednesday, Thursday) Tickets: Adults, Tourists 2500 mnt, Children 300mnt
* The Zanabazar Museum of Fine Art - exhibits a great collection of paintings and sculptures, among which are some rare religious items such as tangkas and Buddhist statues. Modern paintings and other art for sale. Tel: 326061, 326060, 323986 Location: East side of Barilgachid square, 5 min walk from Sukhbaatar square. Timetable: 10am - 5pm (closed on saturday and sunday) Tickets: Adult, Tourists 2500mnt , Child 200mnt, student 600mnt, photo 10000mnt, video 20000mnt Website: www.zanabazar.mn * Museum of Mongolian costumes. The aim of the museum is twofold: to publicize traditional costumes to tourist and foreigners and to educate young Mongolian about traditional clothes in the hope that more young people will wear the garments. Tel: 328140, 328840 (fashion show on reservation) Timetable: Everyday 9am - 6pm Tickets: Tourists 3000mnt, adults 1000mnt * The Victims of Political Persecution Memorial Museum. This new museum consists of a series of haunting displays chronicling the communist purges of the 1930s - an aggressive campaign to eliminate ecounter - revolutionaries. During the campaign, intellectuals were arrested and put on trial, sent to Siberian labour camps or shot. Mongolia lost top writers, scientists and thinkers. Tel: 976-11-70110915, 976-11-88783915 Location: On north side of Central park. Timetable: Monday-Friday 10:00 - 17:00 Tickets: Adults 3000mnt, Students 1500mnt, Children 200mnt, Photo 5000mnt, Video 10000mnt
* The Ulaanbaatar City Museum is the green Russian-style building next to the Wrestling Palace. It has a few interesting black-and-white photos of early Ulaanbaatar and an old map of the original ger settlement, though not much else. Location: Next to the Wrestling Palace * The Railway Museum, near the International Railway Ticketing Office, may satisfy train buffs. Other train-spotting options include the old engines parked in front of the Jiguur Grand Hotel.
* The Mongolian Military Museum is at the eastern end of Peace Avenue - you'll need to take a taxi to find it. It has some interesting Mongolian army weapons and warfare technologies. Tel: 261782, 261863, 261959 Location: Opposite side of Ikh zasag university in sansar subdistrict, 2km northeast from the British Embassy. Tickets: Adult 1000mnt, school children 300mnt, Tourist 2000mnt * International intellectual museum The museum’s collection includes many Mongolian puzzle toys and world famous, rare and precious exhibits. The museum is a manufacturer of Mongolian puzzle toys, logic games, hand crafted products and souvenirs and it exports most of its products abroad. The museum has exhibited over 80 international exhibitions and fairs in 50 countries. Tel: 461470 Time table: From Monday-Saturday 10.00 am-18.00pm . (Closed on Sunday and open on advanced reservation.) Address: Bayanzurkh district, in front of East Center * Museum of geology. (Mongolian University of Science and Technology) The museum was established in 1969.More than 4000 mineral deposits and occurrences comprising different minerals have been discovered all over the country and on display totals 3000 in all. The museum has geological structure of Mongolia and history of Mongolian mean manufacture. The museum implementing joint projects of mineral resources, undertakes educational multifaceted activities including joint workshops training of geology-mineralogy and advertising. Time table: 10.00am-18.00pm Address: Sukhbaatar district, Baga toiruu-42, Mongolian University of Science and Technology 2nd floor.
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