The Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Museum is the regional science museum — interactive exhibits on physics, engineering, space exploration, and the natural sciences, presented in a format aimed primarily at school-age children but engaging for adults who are patient with the crowds of school groups. The astronomy section is strong, reflecting Inner Mongolia's clear-sky advantage for stargazing; the exhibits on renewable energy cover the wind and solar power resources that have made the region one of China's largest clean energy producers.
The building's exterior is architecturally distinctive — a modern structure with a curved facade designed to suggest a Mongolian ger or the arc of the steppe horizon, depending on your interpretive inclinations. The museum is in the newer part of the city, north of the centre, and is most practically visited in combination with the Inner Mongolia University campus nearby. Entry fee is modest; weekends are crowded, weekday mornings quieter.