Natural History Museum of Mongolia

Natural History Museum of Mongolia

The Natural History Museum of Mongolia is located in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, and is a specialized museum of natural history. Originally named the National Museum, it was established in 1924 as the first museum in Mongolian history. From 1940 to 1941, it became the Rural Research Museum. In 1956, it was renamed the National Central Museum. After the democratic revolution in Mongolia in 1991, it was renamed the Natural History Museum of Mongolia.

The museum’s original name, “National Museum,” is very similar to that of another museum in Ulaanbaatar today—the National Museum of Mongolia—and the two institutions are located close to each other. However, the National Museum of Mongolia primarily exhibits Mongolian national history and related cultural relics, which are entirely different from the exhibits of this museum. Collections and research by Russian scholars such as P. K. Kozlov, V. I. Lisovskii, A. D. Simukov, as well as American scholar C. Andrews, all contributed to the establishment of this museum. It later served as the foundation for the creation of several other museums.

The museum is divided into sections on geology, geography, plants and animals, paleontology, and anthropology, covering all aspects of Mongolia’s natural history. The dinosaur fossils displayed here are particularly well known, including a highly complete Tarbosaurus fossil, as well as over 10 types of dinosaur egg fossils.

Mongolian Natural History Museum

Must-visit reason: The first museum in Mongolian history

Continent where the attraction is located: Asia【Asia】

Country/region where the attraction is located: Mongolia[Mongolia]

Province/state where the attraction is located: Ulaanbaatar [Ulan Bator]

City where the attraction is located: Ulaanbaatar [Ulan Bator]