The building
A metal boulder.
Liuxingy — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liuxingy — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liuxingy — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Popolon — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liuxingy — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liuxingy — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liuxingy — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liuxingy — CC BY-SA 4.0
The city museum of Ordos in the new Kangbashi district, opened in May 2012 and designed by the Chinese architect Ma Yansong's firm MAD as a curving metal mass like a wind-polished rock, its design said to draw on the Gobi Desert; it stands in the middle of a broad square. Inside, a large open space holds galleries on six levels telling the story of the Ordos region and its surroundings: dinosaur and extinct-animal skeletons, ancient bronzes and pottery, Mongolian chess sets and horse-head fiddles, and scenes of steppe customs. Entry is free with a booking, foreign visitors bring their passport, and it is closed on Mondays except public holidays, per visitor guides.
A metal boulder.
Big skeletons.
Chess and fiddles.
Kangbashi New District, Ordos
Yes, the museum is in Kangbashi and the mausoleum about 30 km south of it, so both fit into a day by car.