Exhibition "Stone Guardians of the Tuva Steppes"

About exhibition

The exhibition was established in August 2020. It features archaeological monuments from the museum's collections discovered in the territory of Tuva. The stone library contains 44 statuary monuments, dating from the Bronze Age to the Mongol period. Visiting the stelae gallery, you can independently learn about the republic's history through artifacts from the Stone Age and Paleometal Age, as well as from the Scythian and Xiongnu–Xianbei periods; become acquainted with the nomadic empires of the early medieval Turks and Uyghurs and the Yenisei Kyrgyz; and immerse yourself in the era of Mongol rule. All exhibits are provided with labels (informational captions) in Russian, Tuvan, and English.