[1] In 1965, the chairman of the Mongolian Craftsmen's Union Committee proposed the idea of creating an art museum to help preserve Mongolia's heritage.

[3] In the period from 1966 to 1989, the museum's exhibitions were held in Moscow, Kyiv, Sofia, Bratislava, Baku, Budapest, Saint Petersburg, Tashkent, Ulan-Ude and Erfurt.

[2] In a 1993 exhibition, the museum displayed a collection of religious objects that were hidden during the period of the Mongolian People's Republic in the Gobi Desert, which were recovered.

[7] The museum contains various artifacts such as sculptures, ritual instruments, stone engravings, Buddhist paintings, sets of knives and head ornaments.

[9] The museum has a collection of percussion musical instruments used in Buddhist practices such as Vajra, Khengereg, Kharanga, Duudaram and Damar.