Beijing Museum of Natural History Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

The Beijing Museum of Natural History is the first large-scale natural history museum built by the People's Republic of China on its own. It is located in the Tianqiao area on the central axis of the south city of the capital. It was formerly the Central Museum of Natural History Preparatory Office established in April 1951 and officially opened in 1962. Named Beijing Museum of Nature, it is mainly engaged in specimen collection, scientific research and science popularization in the fields of paleontology, animals, plants and anthropology.

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The Beijing Museum of Natural History covers an area of ​​12,000 square meters. The main building "Tian Jiaping Building" was jointly invested and built by Hong Kong industrialist Mr. Tian Jiabing and the Beijing Municipal Government. The building area is 24,000 square meters and the exhibition hall area is 8,000 square meters. The museum collects more than 200,000 specimens, many of which are unique domestically and internationally, including the world-famous ancient Yellow River elephant skull fossil, the 26-meter-long giant Jingyan Mamenchisaurus fossil, and China's only dinosaur mummy. Fossils, polar bears, rhinos, etc., as well as some gift specimens presented to our country’s leaders by friendly people from all over the world, such as the precious Latimei fish specimens presented to Comrade Jiang Zemin by the President of Comoros during his visit to China, and the precious specimens of Latimei fish presented to Comrade Jiang Zemin by President Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam in his early years. Comrade Mao Zedong’s Asian elephant specimens, Comrade Zhu De’s crocodile specimens, and New Zealand’s Canterbury National Museum donated moa bone specimens to my country.
The basic displays in the Natural History Museum are based on biological evolution, with "Origin of Life and Early Evolution", "Mysteries of Animals", "Plant World", "Ancient Mammals", "Ancient Reptiles", "Ancient Reptiles" Invertebrates", "Amazing Africa" ​​Bellin Donated World Taxidermy Exhibition, Dinosaur Park, "Animals - Friends of Man" and other special exhibition halls, as well as activity areas such as Discovery Corner, show visitors biodiversity and its relationship with the environment. relationship, constructing a panoramic view of the occurrence and development of life on earth.

Scenic spot features:

Popular science, family tours, museums, herbaria