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Museum in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Inner Mongolia Museum (simplified Chinese: 内蒙古博物院; traditional Chinese: 內蒙古博物院; pinyin: Nèiměnggǔ Bówùyuàn) is a regional museum in the city of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, in north China.
In 2007, a newer and 10 times bigger modern museum was constructed about 5 kilometers to the east, located at the intersection of Xinhua East Street and East 2nd Ring Road. All the exhibition objects were moved to the new building, while the original building still remained open to public, for temporary exhibitions, such as a calligraphy exhibition as of 2014[update].
As of 2020, the museum is served by a metro station on Line 1 of the Hohhot Metro.
The museum in particular offers an insight into the history and traditions of the Mongolian people, exhibiting paraphernalia used by nomadic Mongols, including saddles, costumes, archery and polo equipment, and a ger (a portable tent used by Central Asian nomads).
The Inner Mongolia Museum is renowned for its extensive collection of fossils, dinosaur and feathered dinosaur remains found in both Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia including a complete skeleton of a wooly rhinoceros unearthed from a coal mine in Manzhouli.
In 2023, the Genghis Khan exhibition was replaced as part of a campaign under Xi Jinping to remove references to Genghis Khan and his origins.[1][2]
Many of the maps and objects on display have English captions.
The museum also contains a number of intricate Mongol bone carvings depicting historical events.
Second Floor, Nature:
Third Floor, History:
Fourth Floor, Culture: (under preparation as of April 2014[update])
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