Visit the Mongolian Theatre Museum, an art museum that showcases the origins and development of Mongolian theatre art through the ages. Explore a total of more than 9,000 exhibits, including photographs, paintings, musical instruments, stage sets, costume sketches, performance costumes, documents, and posters.
Discover 6 exhibition halls, with about 30 percent of the total exhibits displayed. See portraits and paintings of artists in the portrait hall. Admire photos of the Theatre Arts Hall, the origin and development of the modern folk theatre, the drama club (1922-1924), the folk stadium (1926), the State Central Theatre (1931), and the senior artists and performances.
Learn about the State Opera and Ballet Academic Theatre, which branched out from the State Central Theatre, the Circus, the Folk Song and Dance Ensemble, the Military Theatre, the Puppet Theatre, the Children and Youth Theatre, and the State Philharmonic. See costumes, posters, paintings, sculptures, music, dolls, photographs, and programmes related to the performances of the State Philharmonic.
View a main exhibition that summarizes the history of the development of the two major national theatres, the Drama Theatre and the Opera and Ballet Theatre, in the 1950s-1970s, and how they staged national and foreign classical works. See paintings, presentations, and sculptures of artists in the Sacred Muse Hall.
Admire national and contemporary musical instruments and paintings used by artists who worked at the Central Theatre in the Music Hall. See paintings about the nomadic theatre tradition, tsam costumes, bags, and various costumes, models, and documents related to the “Namtar geulukh datsan” temple theatre of the famous 19th-century enlightener, Dogshin Noyon Khutagt D. Danzanravjaa in the Theatre Tradition Hall.
Finally, see exhibits about the historical development of Mongolian cinema and the first documentary and feature films starting in the 1940s, including photographs, paintings, technical equipment, posters, and trophies in the Cinema Hall.
