A Book: “ Mongolia-Museum
Highlights”
Important works of
Art from the Collections of
the Zanabazar Fine Arts Museum
, Choijin Lama Temple Museum
and Bogd Khaan Palace Museum.
Mongolia has a rich history
and along with it a great
artistic tradition. Now for
the first time the great art
of the three major museums
in Mongolia has been collected
in one comprehensive book.
From ancient Neolithic petroglyphs
to stunning 20 th century
Buddhist art, this amazing
collection has now become
available to a wide audience.
Highlights include an impressive
overview of the artwork of
the Buddhist leader and renowned
artist Zanabazar. The White
Samvara and White Tara are
pieces of arts of a unique
standard, looking breathtakingly
human.
The book features over 50
highlights of the works displayed
in the Zanabazar Fine Arts
Museum, Choijin Lama Temple
Museum and Bogd Khaan Palace
Museum in Ulaanbaatar.
Each highlight features detailed
background information and
a full color picture of the
object. In the 118 pages also
a short, but very understandable
glossary of Buddhist and Mongolian
terms is included.
All three museums included
in the book are located in
historically interesting buildings.
The Bodg Khan Green Winter
Palace , was home to the last
Great King or Khan of Mongolia,
and includes a big Buddhist
complex. Together with the
Choijin Lama Temple Museum
it is one of the only sites
that survived the Stalinistic
purges of the 1930's. If you
don't have a chance to visit
them or if you would like
to have a tangible memory
of your trip, this book is
a must!
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ACM organized a special grants competition supports the capacity of museums. The grant funding was raised on the revenues of the sales of the book entitled: “Mongolian Museum Highlights” and the project of the Bogd Khan Palace Museum was awarded with the grants of $3000.
Museum grants competition funded from the revenues of the book sale of ‘Mongolia: Museum Highlights”.
Bogd Khan Palace Museum
Arts at the Museum of Bogd Khan, the last king of Mongolia
To organize museum education program on the arts and cultural heritage of the period of the Mongolian State of Bogd Khaan /theocratic king/ and artists of that period and their arts created at the Bogd Khaan’ Palace involving high school students for one academic year.
$3,000
