A primary hearing regarding the ownership of the Lenin museum  was held at Chingeltei District Court on Wednesday June 12th.  The Primary court made a decision on the ownership of the museum dedicated to the Russian communist revolutionist Lenin.

The Judge panel delivered its decision pointing out that the museum building must be used in accordance with its museum specification not as commercial building. The panel dis-entitled the Mongolian People’s Party”s (MPP) ownership who have used the building for commercial use for years.

During Wednesday’s hearing the defendant representing MPP failed to appear but the judge panel continued the hearing.

The hearing was postponed several times because the defendant representing MPP failed to arrive at the court. But the judge panel decided not to delay the hearing any longer. The Government decided to use the Lenin museum for the history of dinosaurs to protect, verify, register and promote paleontological findings and cultural heritage to the public after the smuggled Tyrannosaurus (Tarbosaurus) Bataar skeleton was returned back home.

The Lenin museum was built with the State budget on the decision of the Ministry of Culture in 1974.

But after the owner of the building, the Historical Institute of MPRP was abolished, the former MPRP, now MPP,  has used the building as a commercial property instead.

Currently there are 200 exhibits in the Paleontological center of the Science and Technology Academy, 90 shows in European Exhibitions, 26 in Asian Exhibitions and 150 in the Natural History museum.