2026.05.25
The 14th volume of Academician S. Chuluun's project on Mongolian cultural heritage worldwide will be published in Paris, featuring previously unseen French collections.
The Mongolian Cultural Heritage Spread Around the World project, initiated by Academician S. Chuluun in 2014, focuses on searching for, jointly studying, publishing, and creating a database of historical and cultural relics related to Mongolia found globally. To date, 13 volumes have been published and made accessible to the public.
The 14th volume in this series was published at the Mongolian Embassy in Paris by Isabelle Charleux, head of the French Association of Mongolian Studies and a respected scholar of Mongolian Buddhism and culture, alongside Academician S. Chuluun, director of the Chinggis Khaan National Museum.
During the agreement signing, Academician S. Chuluun told Ambassador U. Nyamkhuu of Mongolia to France that "this collaborative work will bring significant changes to Franco-Mongolian historical and cultural relations." He thanked the Ambassador for organizing the 2023 international exhibition "Genghis Khan: How the Mongols Changed the World" at the Nantes History Museum.
France houses relevant Mongolian artifacts across more than 30 institutions, including the Louvre, Guimet Museum of Asian Art, and the National Archives. The publication will feature previously unpublished materials from these collections, including Rubruck's notes, Ilkhanate letters, ceramics, Yuan dynasty relics, and over 300 ethnographic and religious artifacts.
The heritage series comprises 13 volumes in Mongolian, English, and Russian with scholarly annotations. The project aims eventually to reach 20 total volumes, with the French publication nearing completion.
