Situated in the north-west of the intersection at Xinhua East Street and Dongerhuan Road, Hohhot, the Inner Mongolia Museum is adjacent to Wulanqiate Grand Theater with a main building area of more than 50,000 square meters, a 4-story main structure and a 6-story local structure. It has a unique design and advanced equipment composed of the exhibition hall, a cultural relic storeroom, the audience service area, the business district of scientific research and a multi-functional hall. The museum expresses the strong modern elements, the regional features and the local minorities' characteristics; it is known as an "Encyclopedia" which reflects hundreds of millions of years' history of ecological changes and the developments of the civilization across the grasslands. It is also a landmark of the development of economy, society and the civilizational level in this autonomous region. Exhibits Based on the abundant resources, such as ancient biology fossils, current biology, historical relics and ethnic cultural relics in the autonomous region， the museum has a "grassland culture exhibition series" with the theme of "prairie culture" represented in both of the basic displays and the thematic displays. These displays are distributed in the exhibition hall over three stories, which total 14 display areas. The second story: there are four basic displays named "Ancient biology fossils", "The natural living exhibition", "Geological and mineral specimens" and "China Aerospace Science and Technology Exhibition", showing the development of the grassland culture. The scenery presented is as vivid as life. The third story: the four basic displays called "The national history of ancient Inner Mongolia", "Family history of ancient Inner Mongolia", "The modern ethnic customs of Inner Mongolia" and "The modern revolutionary history of Inner Mongolia" can be visited, which present the longitudinal development of the grassland culture from three periods: ancient times, the modern age and contemporary times. They are easily understood as they are concisely and lively exhibited. The fourth story focuses on six thematic displays: "Cultural relics in the New Stone Age", "The ancient horse relics", "The ancient costume cultural relics", "The ancient and modern dance art", "Ancient culture and art heritage" and "Cultural relics of the ancient grassland's Silk Road", which highlight the six wonderful points of the prairie culture. These displays are arranged in a crisscross pattern with multi-faceted, multi-angle exhibits, which systematically describe the image of Inner Mongolia.

As the first and the oldest museum in areas inhabited by minority nationalities, Inner Mongolia Museum, rearing up at the center of Hohhot, was established on May 1st of 1957. It occupies more than 15,000 square meters, including over 7,000 square meters of exhibition area, which has been a must-visit destination for both domestic and international tourists who crave for learning about the history of Inner Mongolia and grassland culture. Gathering modern elements, regional features as well as ethnic characteristics, the museum is an encyclopedia concentrating the ecological transition of northern China during hundreds of millions of years and the development of grassland civilization. It is also a significant mark for the economic and social development level and the degree of civilization of the autonomous region. A statue of galloping horse on the top of the museum symbolizes auspiciousness and rapid development of Hohhot. The architecture has become one of the iconic buildings in the autonomous region since the date of completion. It houses hundreds of thousands of treasures with distinctive local characteristics. Therefore, several fine exhibitions have been held successfully in America, Canada, France, New Zealand, Japan and Korea, etc., receiving big raves from the whole world, for it has strengthened the communication between China and the world, as well as expanded and enhanced the influences of Chinese Culture. The whole building has four floors and falls into four major parts including creature exhibition, the Paleozoic Relics gallery, the Cultural Relics Gallery of Mongolian Nationality as well as the Inner Mogul Historical Relics Gallery. On the second floor, visitors fortunately learn about the environment of Mongolia in ancient times. There are many eye-catching macro fossils of prehistoric animals, such as nurosaurus, mammut and woolly rhinoceros, which will definitely amaze you. The third floor shows you a lot, such as the only eagle-shaped gold crown of Xiongnu Chanyu (the monarch of Xiongnu nationality) discovered so far in China and the Liao Dynasty silver saucer with intricate relief patterns. Many of them are quite rare. Beautiful ethnic clothes and adornments are displayed here, along with euphonious Mongolian music.

This museum was founded on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in 1957. The building, expressive of local minority characteristics, is located at the intersection of Xinhua Dajie and Zhongshan Lu in the heart of Hohhot City, the capital of the autonomous region. Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Museum The exterior of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Museum The Museum holds 44,000 objects relating to ethnic history in its collections. Among these quite a few are rare treasures seldom seen in China, especially the artifacts relating to the northern tribes called Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qidan, Mongolians and others. There are also a large number of cultural relics relating to northern people's living and customs. The Inner Mongolia Museum is a regional-level museum. One of the important sources of its collections are precious materials excavated from the earth as a result of archaeological research. These materials are one of the great specialties of the Museum. An eagle-shaped gold crown of the Warring States An eagle-shaped gold crown of the Warring States period. The fossil skeleton of a mammoth The fossil skeleton of a mammoth displazed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Museum This museum has also been active in collecting and preserving contemporary items that relate to the rich local culture. At present, there are more than 3,000 sets of such objects, which reflect the lifestyles and customs of a wide variety of Mongolian and other ethnic groups in the region. Among these, notable attractions include the costumes of Mongolian women from different parts of Inner Mongolia as well as Mongolian religious artifacts. Inner Mongolia is also known as the 'Land of Fossils.' Specimens shown in the museum include massive dinosaurs, mastodons, and many other kinds of fossilized remains from the Mesozoic period that have attracted global attention. Address: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot City, Xinhua Dajie, #2 Telephone: 86-471-6918767, 86-471-6281487 Fax: 86-471-471-6918763 Official Website: http://www.nmgbwg.com Site Navigator: [ Home ] [ Beijing Museums ] [ Shanghai Museum ] [ By Province ] [ SiteMap ] Links, Ads, Comment: Send a message to