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Discovery Park to Bring 300 Genghis Khan Artifacts to Tennessee in 2027

Union City, Tenn. – September 15, 2026 -- Discovery Park of America will open "Genghis Khan: Beyond the Empire," a 4,000-square-foot traveling exhibition, to the public on June 15, 2027, running through Sept. 7, 2027, with a members-and-media preview on June 14, 2027.

More than 300 artifacts will arrive in three 53-foot trucks

The exhibition requires nearly two weeks to install and includes swords, bows and arrows, armor, helmets, ceramics, religious objects, horse equipment and household items spanning centuries of Mongolian and Eurasian history. Notable pieces documented in the collection include a sword dating to approximately 1225, a Mongolian sword dated 1260, a recurved bow from about 1300, horseman's armor from about 1300 and a bronze firearm dated 1328.