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The best museums for understanding Mongolia: the Chinggis Khaan National Museum, real dinosaur skeletons from the Gobi, and temple museums full of Buddhist art.

  1. Chinggis Khaan National Museum (Museums & history): The large national history museum, from prehistoric Mongolia to the Mongol Empire and today.
  2. Bogd Khan Winter Palace (Museums & history): The palace and temples where Mongolia's last king lived, with his throne, gifts and gers.
  3. Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs (Museums & history): A museum of Gobi fossils, including the famous Tarbosaurus skeleton returned to Mongolia.
  4. Choijin Lama Temple Museum (Museums & history): A beautiful early-1900s temple complex in the city centre, now a museum of Buddhist art.
  5. Kharkhorin & Karakorum Museum (Museums & history): The site of Karakorum, Chinggis Khaan's imperial capital, with a modern museum of its archaeology.

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