Antiquities Exhibits

Genghis Khan: Bringing the Legend to Life through April 26, 2020 at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Journey back 800 years to experience the treasures and stories of Genghis Khan's 13th-century Mongol Empire. Presented in Kansas City for the first time, this world tour exhibition invites your entire family into an adventure across the vast grasslands of Central Asia among the relics of Gen ghis Khan's reign. Experience life in 13th-century Mongolia. Entering the tents, battlegrounds, and marketplaces of a vanished world. Explore Genghis Khan's life and those of his sons and grandsons during the formation, peak, and decline of the Mongol Empire. View rare treasures from 13th-century Mongolia; 200 spectacular objects dramatically displayed to illustrate this legendary story. Gold jewelry and ornaments, silk robes, musical instruments, pottery, and sophisticated weaponry are nestled among numerous other fascinating relics throughout the exhibit. This presentation w...

Genghis Khan, the Great Civilizer. Opening January 26, 2019 at the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center in Mobile, Alabama. Recreated Mongol warriors courtesy of the Exploreum Science Center and exhibit presenters. The exhibition features more than 300 spectacular objects on display, including rare and sophisticated weapons, costumes, jewels, ornaments, instruments and numerous other fascinating relics and elaborate artifacts from 13th-century Mongolia. Genghis Khan dominated three times more land in his lifetime than either Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great, a conquest attested to by the formidable array of swords, bows, arrows, saddles and armor included on display.