There are 10 days remaining before the beginning of the National
festival, Naadam, in Mongolia.

This year Mongolia is celebrating
the 2222nd anniversary of the founding of the first Mongolian State,
the 807th anniversary of Great Mongol State and 92nd anniversary of the
Mongolian People`s Revolution.

During the main days of the Nadaam festival the national museums will be open to the public offering free access for all.

The
free access to national museums covers the National Museum of Mongolia,
the Winter Palace museum of Bogd Khan, the Choijin Lama Temple Museum,
the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts and the Theatrical Museum of Mongolia.
The program is a part of a project called Discovery Through History.
This is the second year that the project Discovery Through History has
been organized. The Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery will also open
for free during the Nadaam holiday.

This years program goes a
step further from the last with the new offerings of the Central museum
in Umnugovi aimag and the Camel museum and Nature museum located in
Yolyn Am that has a collection of dinosaur eggs and bones, stuffed birds
and a snow leopard. These museums will also be open for free between
July 11th and 13th.