Inner Mongolia Museum

introduce

Inner Mongolia Museum is located in the center of Hohhao. The museum's exhibition hall building is unique in shape and has ethnic characteristics. There is a galloping horse on the top of the building, which symbolizes the auspiciousness and prosperity of Inner Mongolia. It is one of the landmark buildings in the autonomous region. The exhibition hall building of the museum has four floors, of which the second, third and fourth floors are used for exhibition services. There are currently four basic exhibitions in the courtyard, namely "Inner Mongolia Paleontological Fossil Exhibition", "Inner Mongolia Historical Relics Exhibition", "Inner Mongolian National Cultural Relics Exhibition", and "Inner Mongolia Revolutionary Cultural Relics Exhibition".

Visitors can learn about the ecological environment of Inner Mongolia in ancient times on the second floor of the exhibition hall building. There are many specimens of animals and plants and geological and mineral specimens of Inner Mongolia on display here. Among them, the huge fossil skeletons of prehistoric animals such as Chagan Nuurosaurus, mammoth and woolly rhinoceros will surely amaze you.

The display on the third floor is the highlight of the entire museum, with a distinct grassland ethnic flavor. You can see the eagle-shaped gold crown of the Huns during the Warring States period, which is the only gold crown decoration of the Huns nobles found in China; it is also the gold plaque of the Xiongnu biting the cow in the Warring States period; "Golden Saddle"; "Chiseled Flower Silver Cup Holder" in the Liao Dynasty and so on. The cultural relics on display here are all from the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Khitan, Mongolian and other ethnic minorities.

You can learn about the complete context of the Mongolian nationality from its origin to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties for nearly a thousand years in the exhibition of the general history of the Mongolian nationality on the third floor. Here, through the display of cultural relics, you can feel the production and life, customs and etiquette, religious beliefs and other customs of eight ethnic groups living in Inner Mongolia, including Mongolia, Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen, Manchu, Hui, North Korea and Han.

When you come to the fourth floor of the museum, the displays here will give you a clear understanding of Mongolian costumes, Mongolian songs and dances, and Mongolian saddle culture. The four basic exhibitions of the museum are divided into 15 exhibition halls, and you can selectively select the exhibition halls to hire guides according to your preferences.

opening hours

All year round Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00 (stop ticket sales at 16:00) closed on Monday

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