Discover the man behind the legend, as the most comprehensive exhibition of Genghis Khan and his treasures invades the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, its only Southern California stop on an international tour that has drawn more than a million visitors! The exhibit, a little over an hour drive from La Mirada in Simi Valley, California, is only open until August 19, 2018. There will be daily live cultural performances at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm.
What do pants, the pony express, cannons, paper money, skis, violins, bakhlava and “hooray!” have in common? Answer: Genghis Khan introduced them all to the West. Not Genghis the brutal barbarian of Western history books, but Genghis the great civilizer and lawmaker, whose empire brought each of these innovations to the west, including 13th Century Mongolian-style democracy.
As the exhibit strikingly portrays Genghis’ reputation as the greatest conqueror is well-deserved – he 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 in Genghis Khan. In fact, the historic exhibition showcases hundreds of artifacts from Genghis’s 13th century Empire, the largest such collection ever to tour.
This special exhibition presents a more complete image of the legendary leader whom Time Magazine and CNN named “The Man of the Millennium.” As visitors discover, Genghis not only created the nation of Mongolia and its written language, but his lineage established the modern borders of nations from India to Iran, Korea to China as well as opened the trade routes that united East and West, forever after.
Visitors will experience the exhibition through the eyes of a Mongolian resident, receiving a civilian identity card at the beginning of their journey. From warrior to spy to princess, follow this character’s life throughout the rise of the great Mongol Empire.
While you’re there tour the Oval Office, Air Force One, Marine One and view a piece of the Berlin Wall. Click here for more information about Genghis Khan: The Exhibit.
Source & Photo Credit: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation