Natural History Museum

Байгалийн түүхийн музей

The complete fossil of the Tarbosaurus bataar — a close cousin of the larger T. Rex that serves as the centerpiece of this museum's impressive collection — was stolen from Mongolia by American archaeologist Eric Prokopi and auctioned in New York for $1 million. The ensuing news coverage set off an international criminal case resulting in Prokopi's arrest and the return of dozens of dinosaur fossils to Mongolia by the U.S. government, which make up the bulk of this museum's collection. In the former Lenin Museum on Freedom Square, the museum contains a couple dozen other complete dinosaur fossils besides the Tarbosaurus, all of which were found in the Gobi Desert.

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Getting there

Freedom Square, next to Tengis Cinema and directly behind State Department Store; at the site of the former Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs

Hours

Tue–Sun 10:00-18:00 (closed Mon)

Price

Admission 2000₮