The first floor of the National Museum of Mongolian History is dedicated to the country’s ancient history. Among these exhibits are artifacts from Mongolia’s prehistoric era, like stone tools dating back to the Neolithic quantity (7000 to 2000 BCE), deer stones (stone sculptures depicting reindeers, nevertheless as completely different animals) from the Bronze Age (2nd to initial millennium BCE), petroglyphs (rock engravings) from the Bronze Age circa 3000 BCE, arrowheads from the Bronze and Iron Age (700 to 200 BCE), and others.
There are also artifacts from Mongolia’s early empires; from the Turk empire were recovered plates, cups, pitchers, jewelry and completely different objects created from silver and gold, dating back to the eighth century CE circa 730. The remnants of the Uighur Empire embrace stone sculptures, arrowheads, runic inscriptions and miscellaneous objects from the ninth century. There is a model of the Xiongnu tomb, that was discovered in 1912, in conjunction with pottery, bronze objects and completely different relics excavated from that internet web site. The second floor of the museum displays the costumes and jewelry of the Mongolian ethnic groups. The third floor is devoted to the empire that gave the country its name, none except for the great Mongol Empire. A mannequin of Genghis Khan is seated on his throne, and there are portraits of the first Mongol emperor and his descendants Ogedei Khan and Kublai Khan. There is a cluster of Mongol armor and arrows from the twelfth century, nevertheless as varied bronze and ceramic relics. There are also Buddhist artifacts on exhibit, most notably the Ganlin Horn, that was utilized by monks for exorcism rites, and is created out of human thighbones.
Mongolia’s first museum, the Mongolian National Museum, was founded in 1924, turning into the concept for the country’s later museums. The National Museum of Mongolian History would be established in 1991, following the merger of the archaeological, historical and ethnographical departments of the Museum of the Revolution and additionally the State Central Museum. It's currently located at intervals the previous internet web site of the Museum of the Revolution, that had been established in 1971.
The National Museum of Mongolian History is open daily from 10 AM to 6 PM at intervals the summer and 10 AM to 5 PM throughout winter. They're going to be reached by phone at 976-11-329102 and 976-11-325656, by fax at 976-11-326802, by email at nmmh@mongolnet.mn, or by ancient mail at PO Box 332, Ulaanbaatar 46, Mongolia. The National Museum of Mongolian History options a photography charge of US$15.
