New dinosaur exhibition hall opens
A new exhibition hall ‘Origin and Evolution of Living Creatures on Earth’ was opened in the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs.
A new exhibition hall ‘Origin and Evolution of Living Creatures on Earth’ was opened in the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs on the occasion of International Museum Day. Around 320 square meters exhibition hall shows the origin of dinosaurs, plants, and their evolution as well as continental drift in a geological timescale of 12 periods in 5 eras, in other words in chronological order. Besides real skeleton of dinosaurs, interestingly, living environment of that time is displayed in the hall with panorama, diorama, and models. The new hall has more than 200 exhibits representing ancient animals and plants in eras including Mesozoic and Paleozoic. The new hall was opened as the museum organizing an education campaign ‘Little Paleontologist’ with aims to encourage citizens who are interested in science and to prepare scientists who study ancient animals and plants according to director of the Museum N.Javzmaa said. The Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs has more than 1500 exhibits. By double count, 80,000 viewers visited the Museum this year and of which 50,000 were children.
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