Exhibition about Chinggis Khaan launches in Denmark

The “Chinggis Khaan’s Steps - Mongolian Nomads” exhibition has opened in the Moesgaard Nations Museum of Denmark. The new international exhibition will be open until April 2019.

Danish researchers believe that through effective warfare, Chinggis Khaan created the foundation of the greatest empire in the world’s history. Exhibits in the museum display the leader of the Mongolian steps and the conquests in the early 1200s and the empire that stretched from China in the Eastern Europe.

Over 1,240 exhibits are on display at the museum from Henning Haslund-Christensen’s 1920-30 research. The collection also consists of ethnic artifacts of the Mongolian National Museum, History and Archaeology Institute of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and uses modern digital technology. Using modern digital technology, the exhibition is presented to the public with a unique perspective on Mongolian nomadic culture and the history of Chinggis Khaan.

During the opening of the exhibition, Director of the Moesgaard National Museum Mads Kahler Holst stated, “I am very pleased to say that in honor of the 50th year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Denmark and Mongolia, an exhibition that shows Chinggis Khaan, Mongolian steppes and the lifestyle of the nomads that have been preserved and inherited are shown for the first time in the Nordic region. This is an important step towards further collaboration and cooperation with Mongolia in research.”

He also expressed his gratitude to the partnership of the Mongolian Embassy in Sweden, the Mongolian Ministry of Education, the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Archaeology.

Mongolian Ambassador to Sweden M.Enkhsaikhan said in his speech at the opening of the exhibition, “I would like to extend my gratitude to the government of Denmark and the Danish people who have supported Mongolia in the past. The Danish Kingdom is one of the first Western democracies to establish diplomatic relations with Mongolia. Mongolia and Denmark have one of the richest historical relationship with common values such as democracy, human rights, rule of law and sustainable development.”

Historical evidence suggests that the telegraph line constructed by the Danish company The Great Northern Telegraph reached London and St. Petersburg, which resulted in the New York Times publishing on December 28, 1911, “Tomorrow, Mongolia lead by Bogd Khan is going to proclaim its independence” is not a coincidence. The Mongolian ambassador went further to express his gratitude the Moesgaard Museum, scientists and the community who were keen to organize the exhibition “Chinggis Khaans Steps - Mongolian Nomads” exhibition.