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Art of ancient Mongolia

Introductory text, on the website Mongolian Art and Culture, published by the Arts Council of Mongolia. [en]

Central and North Asia, 1600 - 1800 a.d.

Art history timeline published online by the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [en]

Choijin Lama Museum: Collections

Photo-documentation of museum's architecture and exhibits. Part of the Internet education project "Silk Road Seattle", directed by Professor Daniel C. Waugh, University of Washington. [en]

Choijing Lama Temple Museum

Built between 1904 and 1908 in honor of the Lama Lubsanhaidav. Collections: religious art and artefacts related to the history of Buddism in Mongolia. Address: Chingeltrei district, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. [en]

Cities and Architecture: Karakorum

One of the most important cities in the history of the Silk Road was Karakorum.
Illustrated essay by Professor Daniel C. Waugh, University of Washington. [en]

Fine Arts Museum - Ulan Bator: Collections

Photo-documentation of museum's exhibits. Part of the Internet education project "Silk Road Seattle", directed by Professor Daniel C. Waugh, University of Washington. [en]

25 October 2005 - 2 September 2007

Genghis Khan and his Heirs

The Empire of the Mongols. Travelling exhibition in Bonn and Munich (Germany), CastleSchallaburg (Austria), Istanbul (Turkey), Budapest (Hungary). [de, en]

Karakorum Photo Story

Archaeologists excavate the ancient capital of Genghis Khan's Mongol empire. Photographs by Marc Steinmetz. [en]

5 November 2002 - 16 February 2003

The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353

Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Exhibition of more than 200 outstanding examples of illustrated manuscripts, decorative arts, architectural decoration from the period of Ilkhanid rule in Iran, a semi-independent branch of the Mongols. [en]

14 September - 10 November 2002

Modern Paintings of Mongolia - Its Origin up to Today

Exhibition at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan. Works loaned from the National Modern Art Gallery, Zanabazar Museum of Fine Art, The Union of Mongolian Artists, and the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. [en, ja]

Mongolia: Museum Highlights

Publication featuring highlights of Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, Bogd Khaan Palace museum and the Choijin Lama Temple museum. Distributed by Arts Council of Mongolia. [en]

Mongolia: The Legancy of Chinggis Khan

Documentation of the exhibition held at The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco in 1995. Includes an introduction on the arts of Mongolia, by Terese Tse Bartholomew. [en]

Mongolian Printmaking History

Overview on the Mongolian printmaking history from the last 50 years. By Shan Dan. [en]

National Museum of Mongolian History

Cultural, scientific, and educational organization that presents Mongolian history and culture from ancient times to the present day. Address: Juulchin street 1, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. [en]

The National Museum of Mongolian History: Collections

Photo-documentation of museum's exhibits. Part of the Internet education project "Silk Road Seattle", directed by Professor Daniel C. Waugh, University of Washington. [en]

Riding Across Central Asia

Images of the Mongolian Horse In Islamic Art. Documentation of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [en]

Silk Road Timeline

Introduction to the civilizations along the Silk Road, with examples of artworks. Part of the Internet education project "Silk Road Seattle", directed by Professor Daniel C. Waugh, University of Washington. [en]

The Bogd Khaan Palace Museum

Known as the Green Palace, built between 1893-1903, dedicated to Bogdo Gegeen, the head of lamaist religion & last Khan of Mongolia. Collections: objects related to Mongolia's political, religious, and artistic history from the 17th to early 20th centuries. Address: Chinggis avenue, Khan-Uul district, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. [en]

Treasures of Mongolia - Karakorum

Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire founded in the thirteenth century by Genghis Khan, 400 kilometres south-west of Ulan Bator, the present capital of Mongolia. Article by Namsrain Ser-Odjav. [en]

The Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts

Mongolian art from the Paleolithic Age to the early 20th century. Sculptures and paintings by Zanabazar (1635-1723), first Mongolian Buddhist leader and gifted artist. Address: Barilgachdin Square, Chingeltrei district, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. [en]

 

 

 

 

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