How cool it is to explore the mysteries of nature, watch ancient fossils and specimens at close range, understand the most cutting-edge technology and appreciate the charm of modern technology! In Beijing, you can be access to it easily. You can not only watch the top natural science exhibitions in China, understand the origin of animals and humans, know the development process of science and technology, take you to explore the secrets of the universe with the help of high technology, but also participate in the demonstration projects of museums and experience it yourself!
I.Beijing Museum of Natural History
The Beijing Museum of Natural History is located in the Tianqiao area on the central axis of the south city of the capital. It is backed by the world cultural heritage Tiantan Park. Facing the modern Tianqiao performance area, it has a special cultural environment. The museum covers an area of more than 15000 square meters, a building area of more than 21000 square meters, and an exhibition hall area of more than 10000 square meters.
Among the buildings of the museum, the most mysterious one is Tianjiabing building, which contains 321829 specimens. Many of the specimens are unique at home and abroad, such as Juramaia sinensis, “the Jurassic mother from China”, A. huxleyi, whose feather has been restored fully, the only specimen of dinornis preserved in China, World famous fossil skulls of the Yellow River elephant, the giant mamenxi dragon fossil in the length of 26 meters, the only dinosaur mummy fossil in China, polar bear, rhinoceros. In the museum, there are also some gift specimens given to Chinese leaders by friends from all over the world, such as the precious latimey specimen given to Comrade Jiang Zemin by President Comoros during his visit to China, the Asian elephant specimen given to Comrade Mao Zedong by President Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam in the early years, and the crocodile specimen transferred by Comrade Jude. Among them, the more precious one is the bone specimen of dinornis given to China as a present by the National Museum of Canterbury, New Zealand. This kind of giant bird was extinct on our planet in 1885, and this specimen is also the only dinornis specimen preserved in China.
In order to better display these precious specimens to the public, the permanent display of the museum takes biological evolution as the main line, displays the biodiversity and its relationship with the environment, and constructs a panoramic picture of the occurrence and development of life on the earth. The exhibition hall of paleontology shows us the origin and early evolution of organisms. Through the trace of fossils, people seem to see extinct creatures again. The remains of these creatures seem to lead people through time and space, listening to the voice of the distant Archaean. The plant exhibition hall is like a green epic, describing the evolution of plants for billions of years. From aquatic to plant landing, even the blooming of a flower, even the spread of a seed, all contain countless mysteries, leaving us countless questions; the animal exhibition hall tells us the mysteries of these "human friends", which restores and reappears the world's most representative wild animals and their ecological environment, and vividly shows us the beauty and wonder of the animal kingdom; the human exhibition hall lets us see the magnificent history of human origin. From ape to man, it has taken thousands of years for us to have today's appearance. The birth of a person, seemingly ordinary, but shows the magic of nature.
Permanent Display
“Ancient reptiles”
The ancient reptile hall shows the audience the landscape of the biological world more than 200 million years ago. Represented by the fin fish, Ichthyostega, lumbostega and heterodentate dragon, it demonstrates the complex process of vertebrate development from water to land. In the center of the hall, there are lifelike dinosaur skeletons, such as the first dinosaur discovered by the Chinese, Xu's Lufeng dragon, a 26-meter-long Jingyan mamenxi dragon, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a small and exquisite acrophobia, a Tuojiang dragon with sword boards on its back, a majestic Yongchuan dragon, a pterosaurus with wings flying, and an Ichthyosaurus that dominates the ocean. The multimedia computer can let the audience enjoy the original burial state of dinosaurs. Through the "fossil finder", the audience can also appreciate the hardships and fun of paleontologists in digging dinosaur fossils, and experience the great geological change process of the earth's sea changing into a fertile field from the simulation of strata demonstration.
“Ancient mammal”
In the exhibition, the scenes are organized from curved lines to the open type. Based on the age evolution of ancient mammals as the display sequence, and according to the fossil evidence of small mammals in Mesozoic era, the round sculpture models of 9 kinds of small ancient mammals in the collection have been restored by 3D printing technology. At the same time, with the interactive multimedia form, the plate-like model specimens have been more intuitive and three-dimensional to help the audience to have a deeper understanding of the exhibition and enjoy a better experience.
“The prosperity of invertebrates”
This exhibition focuses on the formation of fossils, the origin of life, the Cambrian explosion, the prosperity of invertebrates and other major historical events. It also adds a lot of exquisite fossils, and uses high-tech acousto-optic technology to reproduce the remote world hundreds of millions of years ago; exquisite strata folds show the power of crustal movement; multimedia animation shows "the formation of fossils"; through Miller 's experiment explaining the origin of life, visitors can learn relevant paleontology knowledge in the enjoyment of beauty.
“Dinosaur Park”
Twenty-three living dinosaurs, two pterosaurs and a stout beaked lizard living with the earliest dinosaurs form different combinations, representing the world of dinosaurs in different periods from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous. With more advanced technology, the recovered dinosaurs are more lifelike. In addition to the traditional actions such as shaking their heads and tails, opening their teeth and claws, roaring and hissing, the museum also added details such as blinking and panting to make the dinosaurs more lifelike.
“Plant World”
"Plant world" is one of the four classic permanent exhibitions of the museum =since its establishment in 1958. With a large number of fossil plant specimens, plant science restoration maps, plant restoration landscapes and all kinds of modern plant specimens, the exhibition systematically introduces the evolution process of plants from their birth, from low plants to high plants, and the important position and role of plants in human production and life.
“The origin of human beings”
The exhibition focuses on two basic questions that we are concern about, "Who are we? Where are we from?". In order to show these two problems more clearly, the exhibition is divided into two sub exhibition halls: "know yourself and the origin of modern people". In the "know yourself" sub exhibition hall, the exhibition communicates and discusses with the audience from five aspects: "the origin of human being as an individual", "the exploration of human being's origin", "human being as an animal", "human being as a special animal" and "the origin of human being as a special animal". In the "the origin of modern man", the exhibition tells about the stories in 7 million years, from "Thoman" to modern times.
“Amazing Africa”
The exhibition adopts 360-degree circular panorama display technology, the natural connection of ground topography and background painting shows the field effect of infinite perspective, and with the novel display method of open animal landscape, it shows the vast and shocking African field to the audience.
“Animals –Human Being’s Friends”
This exhibition is based on the theory of evolution, which shows the evolution process of animals from simple to complex, from low to high, and the real landscape of all kinds of animals in the corresponding ecological environment. It is particularly worth mentioning that these precious animal specimens on display have a high level of production. The fur color is smooth and the body shape is perfect, which reproduces the posture and appearance that the animal should have before it died.
“Aquatic life hall”
In the ladder fish tank at the entrance of the "Aquatic Biology Hall", there are a group of newly introduced rare ornamental goldfish with beautiful body and distinctive features, including Longjing goldfish with prominent eyes, butterfly tailed goldfish with floating tail fins, Lionhead goldfish with sarcoma on the head, eggball goldfish with fluffy balls outside the "nostrils" and the most popular bubble eye goldfish.
“Into Human’s Body”
Based on the form of pictures and texts and a large number of exquisite specimens, the exhibition systematically displays the scientific content of human body structure, and tells the structure and function of various organs of the human body to the audience with plain visual language.
Transportation:
1.Bus lines
1)Take bus No. 7, 20, 35, 110, 120, 692, 707, 729, tram No.105, 106 and get off at Tianqiao Station
2)Take bus No. 832, 836, 838, 917 and get off at Tianqiao Bus Station.
3)Take bus No. 2, 17, 36(circular), 69, 71, 626 and get off at Tiantan West Gate Station.
4)Take bus No. 15 and get off at Tianqiao Mall Station.
5)Take BRT No.1 and get off at Tiantan.
6)Take bus No. 6, 34 and get off at Tianqiao Intersection East Station.
2.Subway lines
1)Take Line 1, transfer to Line 2 at Tiananmendong Station from Exit B, get off at Tiantan Xi Men, take bus No. 20, 120, and get off at Tianqiao Station.
2)Take Line 2, get off at Exit C of Qianmen Station, transfer to BRT No.1, get off at Tiantan Station.
3)Take Line 5 to Tiantandongmen Station, exit from Exit B, transfer to bus No. 35, 707, get off at Tianqiao Station.
4)Take Line 7 and exit through Gate C at Hufangqiao Station, transfer to bus No.105, 15, 838 and get off at Tianqiao Station. Or take Line 7 and exit through Gate C at Zhushikou Station, take bus or walk to Tianqiao Station.
5)Take Line 8 south section and exit through Gate A at Tianqiao Station.
Tel: 010—67024431
Address: No,126, South Tianqiao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing.
II.China Science and Technology Museum
China Science and Technology Museum is the only national comprehensive science and technology museum in China. It is a large-scale science popularization infrastructure to implement the strategy of invigorating the country through science and education, the strategy of strengthening the country through talents and the strategy of innovation driven development, and improve the scientific quality of the whole people.
With science education as its main function, through scientific, intellectual and interactive exhibition exhibits and participating in experiential education activities, the China Science and Technology Museum reflects the principles and application of science and technology and encourages the public to explore and practice. It not only popularizes scientific knowledge, but also pays attention to the dissemination of scientific ideas, methods and spirit. In addition to education activities based on the exhibition, various scientific practices and training experiments are also organized to enable the audience to deepen their understanding and perception of science and technology, to stimulate their interest and curiosity in science, and to improve their scientific quality in a subtle way.
The new China Science and Technology Museum is adjacent to the Asian Games residential area in the east, the Olympic water system in the west, the main Olympic Stadium in the south and the forest park in the north. The new building has its own characteristics. As a whole, it is a single square with large volume. By using several blocks connected to each other, the whole building presents a huge "Luban lock" and a "magic cube", which contains the meaning of "unlocking" and "exploring". The new museum has five theme exhibition halls, including "Science Park", "Glory of China", "Exploration and Discovery", "Science, Technology and Life", "Challenges and Future", public space exhibition area and four special effect cinemas, including ball screen cinema, giant screen cinema, dynamic cinema and 4D cinema. The ball screen cinema has two functions: dome film projection and sky image demonstration. In addition, the new museum has many laboratories, classrooms, science report hall, multi-functional hall and short-term exhibition hall.
The permanent exhibition, with the theme of "innovation and harmony", aims to stimulate scientific interests and inspire scientific concepts, strives to create a situation for the public to learn science from practice, and guides the public to explore and discover science through interaction and experience.
Permanent Exhibitions
"Glory of China"
The exhibition mainly introduces the achievements of ancient Chinese science and technology to the public, and various precious exhibits can be seen in different exhibition areas.
There are many historically recorded inventions in ancient China, which not only changed the historical outlook of ancient Chinese society, but also promoted the development of world history and human civilization. The technological innovation exhibition area mainly shows the innovation and invention of ancient China in the fields of mining, metallurgy, agricultural machinery, textile technology, architecture, shipbuilding and navigation, showing that technological innovation promotes the prosperity and development of the country and social economy. The main exhibition items include the scene of ancient mining in Tonglushan, various agricultural and water conservancy machinery, water spinning wheel, Dahualou loom, palace and residential buildings, ancient urban planning, ancient advanced navigation technology, etc.
The industrious and intelligent ancient Chinese working people have been constantly exploring the laws of nature and seeking the way to get along with nature harmoniously. They have made great achievements in astronomy, physics, mathematics, biology, medicine and other disciplines. In the scientific exploration exhibition area, the exploration and achievements of ancient China in traditional Chinese medicine, astronomical calendar, ancient physics and mathematics are displayed to highlight the exploration spirit of the Chinese people. The main exhibition items include the experience of "four diagnoses" in the traditional Chinese medicine area, acupuncture and acupuncture bronze man, diet and health preservation, and ancient pharmacy; the abridged armilla, the armillary sphere, the astronomical tower powered by water, the Dengfeng star observation platform, etc. in the astronomical area; the periscope, the transparent bronze mirror, the Jia Xian triangle, the Pythagorean theorem, etc. in the physical and mathematical area.
In the course of the continuous development of Chinese civilization, the Chinese nation has always maintained long-term and large-scale exchanges and interactions with other nations. With the theme of science and technology exchange between China and foreign countries and the Silk Road as the main line, the exhibition area of civilization exchange shows the spread and influence of China's major inventions such as papermaking, printing, gunpowder and compass. It also introduces the role of other world civilizations in the development of ancient Chinese science and technology, highlights the spirit of inclusiveness and openness of the Chinese nation, and lets the audience look at the achievements of science and technology in ancient China from the macro perspective of world science and technology development.
The exhibition also has demonstration projects; visitors can participate in the experience according to the time.
“Explorations and Discoveries”
Explorations and Discoveries is located on the second floor of the main hall, composed of Halls A and B. It mainly presents the explorations and discoveries of basic sciences in modern times, as well as scientific ideology and methodology in exploring sciences.
Hall A is divided into five areas, respectively Marvel of Material, Beauty of Light and Shadow, Mystery of Electromagnetism, Law of Movement, and Fascination of Space; Hall B is composed of three areas, respectively Charm of Mathematics, Rhythm of Sound, and Secret of Life. The halls respectively demonstrate the exploring process and the important achievements in chemistry, electromagnetism, optics, mechanics, astronomy, mathematics, acoustics and life science. Various forms of presenting and interaction enable visitors to experience the spirit of science, and enjoy the pleasure of exploring and discovering.
Two experiment demonstrations on the themes of electromagnetism and atmospheric pressure and demonstrating project of high-voltage discharge are available for visiting at regular time in Hall A.
“Science & Technology and Life”
Science & Technology and Life is located on the third floor of the main hall, and is composed of Hall A, B, C and D. Closely related with food, clothing, housing and transportation, the hall demonstrates how modern technology affects and changes people’s daily life, as well as the innovation and development of science and technology that come from life.
Hall A is divided into three areas, respectively Origin of Clothing and Food, Road of Health and Journey of Meteorology. Origin of Clothing and Food is designed with circumstances of agricultural life and country scenery, presenting the status quo of Chinese agriculture, leading visitors to reflect on agricultural issues. Road of Health leads visitors to understand health correctly and proposes healthy life styles with a form of combing human body’s environment and living environment. Journey of Meteorology presents changing meteorological phenomena, different observational devices, productions of weather forecast and relationships between weather and people’s daily life, surrounding the idea of “public meteorology, safe meteorology, resourcing meteorology”.
Way of Living in Hall B demonstrates furniture, electrical appliances, clothing fabrics, as well as processing technology and green residence, introducing technologies in daily life to visitors.
Bridge of Information in Hall C mainly demonstrates developing progress of information technology, and the changes and influence information technology brings on people’s life.
Hall D is divided into two areas, Convenience of Transportation and Ingenuity of Machinery. Employing circumstance design, illustration of mechanism and manipulative interaction, the hall demonstrates technological achievements of transportation and machinery in a vivid and direct way.
“Challenges and The Future”
Challenges and the Future is located on the fourth floor of the main hall, composed of Hall A and B. It mainly presents major problems and challenges humans are faced with, contributions of technological innovation to the sustainable development, and people’s imagination of the future life. Through the thread of challenge—solution—future, it arises people’s attention to the sustainable development by mentioning major challenges the world is faced with; it demonstrates technological innovation and application in important realms that influence the process of human society development; it encourages people to face the challenges positively and create a harmonious future.
Hall A is divided into three areas, respectively Narration of the Earth, World of Energy and New Material. It introduces to visitors various environmental problems and crises the earth is faced with, as well as technological achievements of the exploitation of new resource and application of new materials in reply to various crises.
Hall B is divided into four areas, respectively Genetic Life, Exploitation of the Ocean, Exploration of Space and Striding towards Future. It introduces to visitors genetic engineering, the ocean and exploitation of ocean resources, technological achievements of spatial exploration and imagination of the development of future technology.
An Energy Laboratory which demonstrates low-temperature liquid nitrogen experiment and the phenomenon of superconducting magnetic suspension is set in Hall A. An Ocean Stage which holds experimental performance on the theme of the characteristics of water is set in Hall B.
Transportation
1.Bus routes:
(1)Take Bus Zhuan 40, Yuntong 110, 311, 379, 450, 484, 594, 695, 751, get off at Wa Li Nan Kou station. Walk to the north for 7 minutes.
(2)Take Bus 311, 379, 419, 425, 450 (previous Yuntong 110), 484, 518, 594, 695, 751, get off at Bao Fang station. Walk to the west and then to the north, 14 minutes’ walk in total.
(3)Take BRT 3, BRT 3 Section, Bus 301, 466, 653, 905, get off at Hui Zhong Bei Li station. Walk to the north and then to the west, totally 14 minutes’ walk.
(4)Take Te 11, Zhuan 40, bus 108, 124, 379, 415, 419, 518, 538, 653, 905, get off at Da Tun Nan station. Walk to the north and then to the west, 18 minutes’ walk in total.
2.Metro lines
(1)Take line 8, get off at Olympic Park station, exit from the northeast gate. Walk to the north and then to the east for 8 minutes.
(2)Take line 8, get off at South Gate of Forest Park station, exit from the southeast gate. Walk to the south and then to the east for 10 minutes.
(3)Take line 15, get off at An Li Lu station, exit from B1. Walk to the north and then to the west for 15 minutes.
(4)Take line 5, get off at Da Tun Lu Dong station, exit from the northwest gate. Walk to the north and then to the west for 23 minutes.
Tel: 010-59041000
Address: No. 5, East Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
III.Beijing Planetarium
The Beijing Planetarium, covering an area of 20000 square meters and a building area of 26000 square meters, was officially opened to the public in 1957. It was the first large planetarium in China and the first large planetarium in the Asian continent at that time. Over the years, Beijing Planetarium has attracted generations of audiences with its unique demonstration means. Now it is a national AAAA tourist attraction.
The Beijing Planetarium consists of two pavilions A and B, four popular science theaters in total. Hall A is the largest horizontal planetarium in mainland China, and its internal equipment is in the leading level in the world. Among them, the zeiss-9 optical planetarium and the world's highest resolution digital projection system in the whole sky can not only realistically restore more than 9000 stars visible to the naked eye and the ball screen image with a resolution of 8K for 400 viewers in the field, but also realize multiple functions such as virtual sky demonstration, three-dimensional space simulation, digital program broadcast, etc.
Hall B was officially opened at the end of 2004. There are three popular science theaters: Cosmos theater, 4D theater and 3D theater, as well as various popular science education facilities such as astronomy exhibition hall, sun observatory, mass observatory and astronomy classroom. Among them, the 18-meter radius cosmos theater has a standard hemispheric screen covering the whole sky, which can present a magnificent three-dimensional sky screen effect for 200 audiences at the same time, which is unique in mainland China.
The 4D theater and 3D theater have 200 seats and 116 seats respectively, both of which are equipped with the most advanced broadcast equipment and special effects equipment. 4D theater can not only present lifelike three-dimensional images, but also produce a variety of special effects such as water spray, wind spray, leg clapping and so on according to the process of popular science programs, bringing the audience a wonderful experience of science. The 3D theater has a 12-meter-wide and 9-meter-high metal screen, equipped with 45 degree polarized stereoscopic glasses, presenting popular science knowledge to the audience with lifelike and gorgeous stereoscopic effects, and truly achieving the goal of teaching and entertainment.
In addition to broadcasting popular science programs, various activities held by Beijing Planetarium, such as exhibitions, lectures on popular science of astronomy, summer (winter) astronomical camp, are also fascinating. "Stars are my good friends", "Spend the Spring Festival in Planetarium" and other activities have already become brand activities attracting public attention. Beijing Planetarium integrates exhibition and teaching. It takes the opportunity to publicize astronomy knowledge to the public and makes Beijing Planetarium truly a school without walls for children through holding astronomical knowledge exhibitions, organizing middle school students' astronomical Olympiad, editing, publishing and distributing astronomical popular science books and periodicals “Astronomical Enthusiasts”, and organizing public observation and many other popular science activities
The famous Ancient Observatory of Beijing is the Royal Observatory of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which belongs to Beijing Planetarium. Beijing Ancient Observatory is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The eight ancient astronomical instruments displayed on the top of the Observatory are national first-class cultural relics, which can be regarded as the national treasure of Chinese astronomy. Every year, it attracts tourists from all over the world.
Transportation
1.Bus lines: No. 7, 15, 19, 27, 102, 105, 107, 111, 332, 347, Te 4, Yuntong 104, Yuntong 105, Yuntong 106, bus 601, 708, 716, 732, 904.
2.Self-driving route: It can be reached from Xizhimen bridge of West 2nd Ring Road to the west, Zizhu bridge of West 3rd Ring Road to the east, Baiyi road to the south, or Sanlihe Road to the north.
Tel: 010-51583311
Address: No. 138, Xizhimenwai Street, Beijing
IV.Paleozoological Museum of China
Founded by and affiliated to the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), the Paleozoological Museum of China (PMC) is a natural science museum, which is the first museum in China that regard paleontology fossils as the carrier and is exclusively devoted to systematically popularizing knowledge of paleontology, paleoecology, paleoanthropology and the theory of evolution. It is also the largest specialized museum in Asia for the topic of the evolution of vertebrate animals. It is also the National Youth Science and Technology Education Base, Beijing Youth Education Base, China Paleontology Society Popular Science Education Vase and the Central State Organ Ideological Education Base. In December 1995, the Museum was officially opened to the public.
According to evolutionary sequence of organisms, the Museum has two sub-museums (Museum of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Shu-hua Museum of Paleoanthropology), four exhibition halls (Fossil Fish and Amphibian Hall, Fossil Reptile and Bird Hall, and Fossil Mammal Hall, Fossil Hominid and Artifact Hall), and Special Exhibition Hall including the East Hall and VIP Hall. Relying on more than 200000 specimens collected by the Institute in the past century, nearly 1000 representative collections have been exhibited. The exhibits are exquisite and complete, ranking the first in China and even in Asia. There are various kinds of paleontological fossils and Paleolithic specimens and models produced in the strata from Cambrian to 10000 years ago, including fish-like animals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and Paleolithic animals, etc., which show the natural remains and grand life evolution of prehistoric animals and paleo humans.
Among the Museum's precous exhibit items are Latimeria, a "living fossil" lobe-finned fish and a gift from Africa; Mamenchisaurus, Asia's largest dinosaur thus known; Lufengosaurus huenei, the first dinosaur occurred in China; Stegodon zdanski, commonly known as "The Yellow River elephant" and has made into the elementary school's textbook in China; and the skull models of the mysterious "Peking Man". Recently, there are some new and precious exhibits that strikes the world, including Caudipteryx, a dinosaur with real feathers; Confuciusornis, the earliest beaked bird ever found in the world; the world's first pterosaur embryo; mesozoic dinosaur eating mammals. Through rich exhibits and stories, as well as a variety of multi-media video game equipment integrating science, interaction and entertainment, the audience can fully and systematically understand the knowledge of prehistoric life evolution while playing.
The "Young Darwinian club" established by the Museum is an extracurricular school for primary and secondary school students who are interested in paleontology. It regularly organizes scientific popularization teaching activities such as expert lectures, field visits, fossil excavation, screening and repair, and model making.
Permanent Exhibitions
the Shu-hua Museum of Paleoanthropology
It was opened in 1999. Through the exhibition of ancient human fossils and Paleolithic specimens and models at home and abroad, it systematically popularizes the scientific knowledge of human origin and evolution, and reveales the popular science theme of coexistence and prosperity of human and nature. The contents include the world-famous Peking ape skull and various kinds of precious fossil models of ancient humans presented by foreign countries.
Fossil Fish and Amphibian Hall
In the exhibition area of fossil fish, visitors can see the fish fossils of various geological periods and evolution stages, including the jaw less fish with armor, primitive pelagic fish, and higher fish fossils. Known as living fossil, Latimeria is also on display in this museum, which is the most complete preserved Latimeria in China.
The amphibian exhibition area displays the amphibian fossils discovered in China from more than 200 million years ago (Permian) to more than 10 million years ago (Miocene of Cenozoic). Because amphibians have a lot of cartilage, and they live in a humid environment, after death, their bodies decay very quickly, so it is difficult to preserve them as complete fossils. Therefore, the specimens on display in this museum are all treasures of amphibian fossils.
Fossil Reptile and Bird Hall
In the exhibition area of ancient reptiles, there are all kinds of reptile fossils, including Nanxiong tortoise (the largest freshwater turtle fossil found in China), ancient crocodile fossil, marine reptile known as Mesozoic sea monster, pterosaur (Mesozoic air overlord), dinosaur (the overlord of Mesozoic), mammal like reptile (ancestor of mammals).
In the exhibition area of ancient birds, various kinds of bird fossils of various geological periods are displayed, including the world's earliest known bird with beak, and Confucius bird, the most famous fossil bird besides Archaeopteryx.
Through the display of a large number of mammal fossils, the audience can understand how mammals have developed from small animals at the beginning to a large family with a great number of advantages on the earth in the development process of hundreds of millions of years. At present, although there are many kinds of mammals, there are still many kinds that have been extinct or are facing elimination; if it is not for people to find their fossils, it is difficult to imagine what the ancient mammals look like.
Transportation
1.Bus lines: Bus No. 27, 87, 332, 347, 360, 362, 534, 563, 632; T-bus 4, T-bus 19; electical bus 105, 107, 11; Yuntong 104, 105, 106. Get off at Dongwuyuan station or Baishiqiao station.
2.Metro line: take line 4, get off at Dongwuyuan station, exit through Gate D. Walk 800 meters from the subway to the left along Xizhimenwai street.
Tel: 010-88369280
Address: No. 142, Xizhimenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
V.The Geological Museum of China
Founded in 1916, Geological Museum of China has accumulated rich natural essence and intangible assets in the course of its synchronous development with China's modern science. It has been renowned for its excellent collection system, fruitful and exquisite display in Asian similar museums, and enjoys world-wide reputation.
The Museum collects more than 200000 geological specimens, covering all fields of Geosciences. Among them, there are dinosaur series fossils such as giant Shandong dragon and Chinese Dragon Bird, famous ancient human fossils such as Peking Man, Yuanmou Man and Upper Cave Man, as well as a large number of precious prehistoric biological fossils such as fish, birds and insects with scientific value and ornamental value; there are samples of Chinese characteristic minerals, such as the world's largest "Crystal King", giant calcite crystal cluster specimen of fluorite, exquisite blue copper mine, realgar, orpiment, scheelite and stibnite, as well as a large number of national treasures such as gemstones and jades.
The Museum has opened its unique exhibitions all the year round. According to the basic layout of the earth's circle structure, the exhibition not only shows tens of thousands of fine minerals, rocks, gemstones and fossils, but also pays more attention to the living environment and living quality of human beings. In addition, a large number of digital, bionic, virtual reality and other technologies are adopted, so that the audience can easily step into wonderful geoscience space by witnessing, operating and experiencing in the rich scientific atmosphere.
The Museum has been carrying out a variety of social education activities for a long time. “Earth”, founded in 1981, is the only geoscience popular science magazine in China. The annual National Youth Geoscience summer camp has become an important brand of social education activities. Various geoscience popular science activities, such as popular science lectures, popular science tours, and popular science consultation, continue to be carried out, which makes the social influence of the Museum continue to increase.
Permanent Exhibitions
“Earth Hall”
The main line of the earth hall is power. It introduces the important geological processes on the earth under the action of internal and external power. The east extension line introduces the internal dynamic geological process, focusing on plate movement, fold fracture, volcano, earthquake and other geological processes, while the west extension line mainly introduces the geological processes of water and wind. Relatively speaking, the internal dynamic geological process is more magnificent, which is mainly to make the crust rise and thicken, forming a lot of huge and majestic mountains, while the external dynamic geological process is relatively gentle, like a carving knife, carving out various magnificent mountains and rivers.
“Hall of Minerals and Rocks”
This hall adopts the design method of coexistence of refined and popular, combination of dynamic and static, echo of virtual and real, and combining of education and entertainment, so that the audience, while appreciating the exhibits, can understand the origin of mineral rocks in nature, the original output, the classification of various mineral rocks in nature, the sensory characteristics of representative mineral rocks and the characteristics that can be used by people. When appreciating various exquisite and peculiar mineral and rock exhibits, visitors can participate in the exploratory operation of some mineral and rock exhibits and acquire relevant knowledge through interactive and virtual exhibition.
Hall of Gemstones
It displays gemstone, jade, organic gemstone, precious metal and other materials and their finished products, and integrates knowledge points and interest points such as gemstone identification, gemstone appreciation, gemstone cutting type, gemstone evaluation, gemstone genesis, gemstone micro world, gemstone distribution, gemstone mining, gemstone processing, jewelry inlay, artificial improvement of gemstones and artificial gemstones and their manufacturing methods as well as gemstone culture. The hall won the top ten National Museum Exhibition Award. The hall is mainly composed of single crystal gems and jades, and natural gems are compared with artificial gems to identify common similar gems on the market.
Hall of Prehistoric Organisms
It, taking the major events in the process of biological evolution as clues, introduces the development process of organisms and common fossils in various geological periods to the audience, and shows the process of occurrence, evolution and extinction of organisms on the earth.
From the spatial layout, the whole exhibition hall can be divided into two parts. The first part is a small preface hall, including an artistic fossil wall, an interactive multimedia exhibition tool, concise biological classification query system, and some basic knowledge about fossils. The second part is the main exhibition content of the exhibition hall, which is divided into eight units. In addition, in the south corridor of the exhibition hall, there is also a model of ichthyosaur, Chinese Angel dragon and pterosaur fossil, as well as a large ichthyosaur fossil with a length of 5 meters that can be touched by the audience, and a multimedia exhibition device to demonstrate how the fossil is formed.
Transportation
1.Bus lines
(1)Bus 3, 13, 22, 38, 42, 88, 105, 409, T-bus 13. Get off at Xisikou Bei station.
(2)Bus 101, 102, 103, 124, 612. Get off at Xisikou Dong station.
(3)Bus 102, 105, 332. Get off at Xisikou Nan station.
(4)Bus 102, 13, 3, 42. Get off at Xisikou Xi station.
(5)Bus 109, 124, 38. Get off at Xisi Dingzi Street station.
2.Metro lines: take line 4, get off at Xisi station, exit through D.
Tel: 010-66557858
Address: No.15, Yangrou Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing
VI.Beijing Auto Museum
Beijing Automobile Museum is the only automobile special subject Museum led by the government in China, with a building area of about 50000 square meters, integrating "museum, science and technology museum, exhibition hall". According to the topic selection method of "science, technology, society", the museum is divided into creation hall, progress hall, future hall and classic collection exhibition area of China's automobile industry. This is a museum with the characteristic of story telling. With more than 80 collection cars of typical historical significance and a display atmosphere of situation representation, it tells the people and things behind the human social change and innovation on the rolling wheel. This is a science and technology museum worth exploring. With more than 50 interactive experience projects and immersed experiencing way of being visible, audible, touchable and participable, it vividly shows the charm of science and culture, science and art, science and life. This is an exhibition hall focusing on cultural experience. Combining with the needs of the audience, it has launched various theme activities with rich contents, strong participation and entertainment, and formed the theme activities such as “5.18 International Museum Day”, the patriotism series activities of “Lei Feng's Story of An Auto Soldier”, the science popularization education series of “Green Ribbon in Action”, and the brand activities such as "Autobots Enter the Automobile Museum" series of forums. All these activities have been well received by the audience. The Museum have become the fashion landmark of the capital Beijing to highlight modern civilization and cultural vitality.
Since its opening in 2011, it has won various awards, including "China Automobile Culture Promotion Base", "China Automobile Science Popularization Base", "National Science Popularization Education Base", "China Automobile Designer's Home", "Beijing Patriotism Education Base", "Beijing Primary and Secondary School Students' Social Class" resource units, "New Eight Sceneries of Science and Technology Beijing", "Automobile Culture Education Base of Chinese Cadre Learning Network of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee". In 2013, it was rated as a national AAAA tourist attraction, and in 2016, it became a standardization demonstration unit of national service industry.
Permanent Exhibitions
Hall of Innovations
Nothing is comparable with the use of fire except wheels in the history of civilization. Wheels were possibly invented alongside with vehicles at about 4000 years BC. Relics of wheels have been continuously discovered from Mesopotamia, Germany, Poland and Syria. The earliest wheels composed of only two pieces of wood, which were replaced, around 2000 years BC by wheels with spokes. The carts with this new kind of wheels were drawn by horses, which accelerated the speed immensely. The development of vehicles stemmed from wheels, i.e. from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles, thus history and wheels roll forward together.
The invention of automobile has set off the upsurge of land transportation revolution in the industrialized countries. The automobile industry emerges as the times require, which provides a broad prospect for human to explore the unknown field, and also quietly affects and changes the way of human life and development.
Hall of Development
What makes the car's bones and muscles? What is directing a car operation? Do you want to personally experience in automobile production process? Through a car's "decomposition-and-combination" can you understand car structure, engineering technology, production and design, and feel the pulse between the progress of technology and production mode and the development of automobile industry.
Hall of Future
For one hundred years, the car changes the world and our way of life. The car has become an indispensable part of the process of human civilization. But energy, environmental protection, transportation, safety and other issues are also bothering us all the time.
Transportation
1.Bus lines: take bus No. 740, T-bus 9, or Yuntong 115, get off at Yihaihuayuan Nan Men station. Beijing Auto Museum is located on the south.
2.Metro lines: take line 9, get off at Ke Yi Road, exit through C. Walk to the east for 300 meter and cross overpass.
3.Self-driving route
(1)Direction of inner ring road of the Fourth Ring Road: drive from east to west on South 4th Ring Road, exit at No. 29 (Kefeng bridge, World Park, Baiqiang Avenue), turn around at the first traffic light (Kefeng bridge), and go straight for 1000m along the auxiliary road of the south Fourth Ring Road.
(2)Direction of the outer ring road of the Fourth Ring Road: drive from the north to the south on the West Fourth Ring Road, exit at No. 29 (Kefeng bridge, World Park, Baiqiang Avenue), pass the first traffic light, and then go straight for 1000 meters along the auxiliary road of the South Fourth Ring Road.
Tel: 010-63756666
Address: No. 126, West Road, South 4th Ring Road, Beijing
