Editing Ulaanbaatar (section)

===Museums===
{{main|List of museums in Mongolia}}
[[File:Bogd Khan Winter Palace 19.jpg|thumb|Throne given to [[Zanabazar]] by his disciple the [[Kangxi Emperor]], used by later [[Jebtsundamba Khutuktu]]s in Urga]]
Ulaanbaatar has several museums dedicated to Mongolian history and culture. The [[Mongolian Natural History Museum]] features many dinosaur [[fossil]]s and [[meteorite]]s found in Mongolia.<ref>[http://museum.pixel.mn/english/index.php?id=2,0,0,1,0,0 "Museum of natural history"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327023402/http://museum.pixel.mn/english/index.php?id=2%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0%2C0|date=27 March 2009}}</ref><ref>Kohn, p. 60</ref>

The [[National Museum of Mongolia]] includes exhibits from prehistoric times through the [[Mongol Empire]] to the present.<ref>Kohn, pp. 61, 66</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmuseum.mn|title=National Museum|publisher=Nationalmuseum.mn|date=21 March 2012|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref> The [[Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum|Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts]] has a large collection of Mongolian art, including works of the 17th-century sculptor/artist [[Zanabazar]], as well as Mongolia's most famous painting, ''One Day In Mongolia'' by [[Marzan Sharav|Baldugiin "Marzan" Sharav]].<ref>Kohn, p. 61</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zanabazarmuseum.org/index.php?id=1,0,0,7|title=Zanazabar Museum of Fine Arts|work=Zanabazarmuseum.org|access-date=2012-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924185400/http://www.zanabazarmuseum.org/index.php?id=1,0,0,7|archive-date=2011-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The [[Mongolian Theatre Museum]] presents the history of the performing arts in Mongolia.

Pre-1778 artifacts that have never left the city since its founding include the [[Vajradhara]] statue made by Zanabazar himself in 1683 (the city's main deity, kept at the Vajradhara temple); an ornate throne presented to Zanabazar by the [[Kangxi Emperor]] (before 1723); a [[sandalwood]] hat presented to Zanabazar by the [[Dalai Lama]] (c.&nbsp;1663); Zanabazar's large fur coat, also presented by the Kangxi Emperor; and a great number of original statues made by Zanabazar (e.g., the Green [[Tara (Buddhism)|Tara]]).

The [[Mongolian Military Museum]] features two permanent exhibition halls, commemorating the war history of the country from prehistoric times to the modern era. In the first hall, one can see various tools and weapons from the [[Paleolithic]] age to the times of the [[Manchu people|Manchu]] empire. The second hall showcases the modern history of the Mongolian military, from the [[Bogd Khan]] period (1911–1924) up until Mongolia's recent military involvement in peacekeeping operations.

The [[Ulaanbaatar City Museum]] offers a view of Ulaanbaatar's history through old maps and photos. Among the permanent items is a huge painting of the capital as it looked in 1912, showing major landmarks such as [[Gandantegchinlen Monastery|Gandan Monastery]] and the [[Green Palace]]. Part of the museum is dedicated to special photo exhibits that change frequently. The Mongolian Railway History Museum is an open-air museum that displays six types of locomotives used during a 65-year period of Mongolian rail history.

The [[International Intellectual Museum]] displays a comprehensive collection of complex wooden toys that visitors can assemble.

The [[Memorial Museum of Victims of Political Repression]] – dedicated to those fallen under the Communist [[purge]] that took the lives of over 32,000 statesmen, herders, scholars, politicians and lamas in the 1930s – told about one of the most tragic periods in Mongolia's 20th-century history.<ref>[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/ulaanbaatar/attractions/victims-of-political-persecution-memorial-museum/a/poi-sig/434868/357066 "Victims of Political Persecution Memorial Museum"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914033008/https://www.lonelyplanet.com/mongolia/ulaanbaatar/attractions/victims-of-political-persecution-memorial-museum/a/poi-sig/434868/357066 |date=2022-09-14 }}, Attractions, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia. ''Lonely Planet''. Retrieved 13 September 2022.</ref> The small building had fallen into serious disrepair and was demolished on 7 October 2019, despite public outcry in favor of renovation.<ref name="Menarndt"/>

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Togchin temple ruins - Zuunmod (Mongolia).jpg|Ruins of the Tsogchin Temple (1749) of [[Manjusri Monastery]]
Dambadarjaalin.jpg|A building of the Dambadarjaalin Monastery (1765) in Sukhbaatar District
UB-Gandan01.jpg|Vajradhara Temple (1841) in the center, Zuu Temple (1869) on the left, connected by a passage built in 1945–1946
Bogd Khan Winter Palace 05.jpg|Winter residence of the [[Bogd Khan|Bogd Gegeen]], built in 1903, designed under [[Tsar Nicholas II]]
The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum.jpg|Zanabazar's Fine Arts Museum, built in 1905 by Russian merchant Gudvintsal as a trading shop
Ulaanbaatar City Museum.jpg|Ulaanbaatar City Museum, built in 1904 by a Buryat-Mongol merchant
Choijin Lama Temple Museum.jpg|[[Choijin Lama Temple]] complex, built in 1904–1908
GeserTemple.jpg|West Geser Temple, built in 1919–1920 by Guve Ovogt Zakhar
Handdorj's.jpg|Residence of Prince Chin Wang Khanddorj (Minister of Foreign Affairs), built in 1913
</gallery>