Mongolia has plenty of fossils and dinosaur eggs and skeletons to show off - the country is second only to the United States in terms of the number of fossils located. This museum serves to show them off.
The centerpiece of the museum is a 3m-tall, 5-tonne, flesh eating Tyrannosaurs Bataar, a cousin of T-Rex. This particular specimen made international headlines in 2012 when it sold for over $1 million at an auction in Texas. The Mongolian government protested that the fossil had been illegally smuggled out of Mongolia and demanded its return. The legal battle ended when a US judge ruled in favor of Mongolia.
The museum also includes examples of Velociraptors, Protoceratops and a nest of Oviraptor eggs.
The museum is housed inside the former Lenin Museum, constructed in 1974. At the time of writing the museum was under renovation and just one room was open to the public. The entrance is on the eastern side of the building.
