On May 19, 2009, the painting collection of the Mongolian Art Gallery was damaged by fire.
It was an unfortunate incident that affected about 1,000 works of Mongolian fine art due to this fire hazard. The works affected by the fire were Mongolian history, social situation, household and nature themes, portraits, and contemporary works.
The Mongolian Art Gallery has been initiating and implementing multi-faceted works to restore and restore precious works that were damaged by fire, which are the pioneers of contemporary visual art in Mongolia, and in 2024 "AR GALLERY-PRECIOUS WORKS" The project has been initiated and is ready to be presented to the public. The goal of the project is to restore fire-damaged paintings in their original form with the help of AR technology, and to provide viewers with the opportunity to get to know the characters of the unique historical and cultural values of Mongolia. The unique works will have an interesting layout based on AR technology, as well as a "Virtual interpreter" who will explain in English, Mongolian and sign language.
In connection with the "Cultural Creative Month" campaign "AR GALLERY-PRECIOUS WORKS" A special exhibition of the project is being held from November 18 to December 5, 2024.
Visitors visit the exhibition http://onelink.to/3ehntm - you can download the "AR Mongolia" application from the link, direct the camera to the virtual interpreter next to the unique precious works and get information, as well as restore the fire-damaged paintings in their original form. The technology development and content development of the exhibition is carried out by AR Mongolia, a developer of AR technology.
The exhibition will feature 25 fire-damaged paintings and 5 unique works. The opening ceremony of the exhibition will be held on November 18, 2024 at 16:00 in the main exhibition hall of the Mongolian Art Gallery.
Also, during the exhibition, the "Sensory Imagination" project will be presented to the public. The "Sensory Imagination" project is a project that is implemented to provide equal access to art services to special needs audiences, and 4 unique works have been arranged in a special environment so that they can be experienced and listened to in audio format.
MONGOLIA ART GALLERY