Museum Trip in Mongolia - Envisioning Day Trip Ideas

When you think of museums, what do you picture? For many, museum-visiting isn’t at the top of their lists when it comes to weekend adventures or leisure time activities. However, visits to new cities by travelers for the “Museum, Historical or Arts experience” is increasing.

Museums in Ulaanbaatar are the best places to learn and record Mongolian civilization, history, culture, language and people . Among the 10 museums in Ulaanbaatar, we’ll bring you four of the best destination museums in the city and help in planning your resourceful trip to Mongolia.

When in a museum, walk slowly but keep walking.

 National Museum of Mongolia

The national museum of Mongolia, established in 1924, has about 56000 historical, archeological, and ethnographical artifacts from Stone Age through the contemporary era. The museum valuable items are displayed in our 9 halls, which are arranged according to historical periods and themes. 

Website: www.nationalmuseum.mn 

Address: Tourist street-1, Ulaanbaatar- 14201

Time Table – Everyday 9.00am- 6.00 pm

 The Bogd Khan Palace Museum

This palace complex was built between 1893 – 1903 for the 8th Bogd Javzandamba, the Theocratic Ruler of Mongolia. The 8th Bogd Javzandamba was born in Lhasa in 1869. He was proclaimed the 8th Bogd Javzandabma in 1871. He arrived and was enthroned on the Bogd Gegeen’s throne in Khalkha Mongolia in 1874.After his death, the palace complex was turned into a museum in 1926 in accordance with orders from the Central Committee of the People’s Party and the Government. 

Website: www.bogdkhaanpalace.mn 

Address: Bogd Javzandamba Street, 15 Khan-Uul District, 17032, Ulaanbaatar

Time Table – Mon-Sat  9.00am- 6.00 pm

                     Thu-Mon 9.00am-17.00pm 

Currently the Bogd Khaan Palace Museum comprises of two parts, the 7 “Wisdom and Glorifying” Summer Temples and the Winter Palace.

The museum currently exhibits many unique and interesting artifacts from the 17th to 20th centuries, from priceless items that pertain to Mongolian Politics, Religion, Art and Culture, as well as Buddhist Art and Iconography created by the 1st Bogd and Undur Gegeen Zanabazar and the Zanabazar School, to clothing, regalia, and items worn and used by the Bogd Khaan and Queen Dondogdulam, and many more.

Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs 

When it comes to dinosaur fossils, Mongolia's Gobi desert is one of the world's top places. Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs has a world-class source of fossils where you can find protoceratops skulls, dinosaur eggs, and a full skeleton of Tarbosaurus bataar, all of which are on display at this museum in Ulaanbaatar.Many people call this museum simple-T.Bataar's museum. 

Website: www.dinosaurmuseum.mn 

Address: Revolutionary square, Chingeltei District 

Time Table – Mon-Sat 09.00am-06.00pm 

There are several extraordinary specimens which make it worthy visit, including some that were returned by the US government in 2016.

The Fine arts Zanabazar Museum

This fine-arts museum, founded in 1966, has a superb collection of paintings, carvings and sculptures, including many by the revered sculptor and artist Zanabazar. It also contains about 13000 objects including rare religious exhibits such as scroll thangka (paintings) ,Buddhist statues of Sita Tara, The Five Buddhas and Bodhi Stupa representing the best display of its kind in Mongolia.

Website: www.zanabazarfam.mn 

Address: Chingeltei District, Juulchid Streed, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Time Table – Summer 8.00am- 5.00 pm

                     Winter 10.00am-07.00 pm 

These museums will make museum hopping your next favorite hobby.

Getting to these destinations is no hard either; three of them will necessitate you to just walk 5-10 minutes from each other. Plus, your will be greatly rewarded: each and every single one of these museums are filled with by some of the world’s leading discoveries and boast some of the most extensive and rare art collections – these museums are multi-sensory experiences and artworks in themselves.

The Perfect Day Tour in Ulaanbaatar 

Whether it’s the dark history or the captivating heritage of a nation, you’ll find no lack of informative and interactive museums dedicated to conveying diverse histories and traditions of Nomadic Mongols. Before or after your travel in Mongolia highlight destinations in the countryside, you will have chances to add these museums in your itinerary according to your taste and interests. Or you can full day museum trip in Ulaanbaatar city as you choose your must-see places, don’t forget that you will have opportunity to visit local museums in Mongolia, maybe some are more than thousand years olds and overwhelming abundance of museums that promise to enchant visitors and broaden your horizons.