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Mongolian Natural History Museum

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27: 219: 296:. Although the two museums used to be located quite close to one another, they contain very different exhibits. The National Museum of Mongolia focuses on the archaeology and history of Mongolia, while the Mongolian Natural History Museum is concerned primarily with the flora, fauna, geology and natural history of the country. 269:
Authorities deemed the museum's 1953 building to be highly susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes in a study made in 2013. The museum was closed in June 2013, with its exhibits put into storage or displayed at other venues. Initial plans were for the museum to be housed in a brand new
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The museum was previously known as the Mongolian National Museum or State Central Museum. This change in name often led to confusion with Ulaanbaatar's other preeminent museum, the
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The museum is particularly well known for its dinosaur and other paleontological exhibits, among which the most notable are a nearly complete skeleton of a late Cretaceous
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The museum building fell into disrepair in the following years, and was eventually demolished, despite public anger at night around 2 a.m. on 7 December 2019. The
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The museum includes Departments of Geology, Geography, Flora and Fauna, Paleontology, and Anthropology encompassing the natural history of
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in 2019, and today continues its operations in the former Lenin Museum building in Ulaanbaatar.
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Chingeltei
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Coordinates
47°55′25″N 106°54′21″E / 47.9235039°N 106.9058838°E / 47.9235039; 106.9058838
Natural History
nhm.gov.mn
Mongolian
romanized
Chingeltei
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Mongolia
Tarbosaurus
Protoceratops

Mongolian
Mongolian
Mongolian
after 1991
Chinggis Khaan National Museum
Central Museum of Dinosaurs of Mongolia
National Museum of Mongolia
Танилцуулга
"Байгалийн түүхийн музей шинэ байртай болно"
"Байгалийн түүхийн музей хэзээ байртай болохыг УИХ мэднэ"
Official site
Categories
1924 establishments in Mongolia

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