Dalian Shell Museum

The Shell Museum is located in the southeast corner of Xinghai Square in Dalian. It is the shell museum with the most exhibits in Asia. There are more than 5000 kinds of rare marine shells from all over the world on display here. If you visit the museum, you will be amazed by all kinds of shells here. Some shells weigh more than 100 Jin, while others are only a milliliter. If you visit the museum, you will not be disappointed.

Dalian Shell Museum

Founded by Mr. Zhang Yi in 2003, Dalian Shell Museum is the world's largest professional Shell Museum integrating shellfish research, popular science education, exhibition, collection and international exchange. The museum is designed by academician Qi Kang, a famous architector. Domestic shellfish experts such as world-famous shellfish experts, Mr. Naoto kokan, director of the Institute of molluscs in Tokyo, Japan, and Mr. Zhuang Qiqian, former director of Fujian Institute of Oceanography, etc. are invited to guide the museum.

Introduction to the library

The total investment of the museum is 80 million yuan. Nearly 10000 kinds of rare marine shells from all over the world will be displayed here. It is the shell museum with the largest number of exhibits in the world. Among the nearly 10000 kinds of shells, there are individual collectors and buyers from more than 30 countries in four oceans, including New Zealand, Argentina, Spain, Morocco, Malaysia, Fiji and the Philippines. There are also gifts or exchanges from shellfish scientists, shellfish societies and shell collectors from Japan, Taiwan and the United States. Shell weight of hundreds of kilograms, there is known as the cannibal shell of the Tridacna; light is only a milliliter of Sabei, need to appreciate with a magnifying glass. Located in the southeast corner of Xinghai Square, Dalian, the new museum integrates shell research, collection, exhibition, popular science education and cultural tourism, with a construction area of about 15000 square meters.

Development history

Most of the exhibits in the museum come from the 30-year personal collection of the famous shell collector Mr. Zhang Yi. Mr. Zhang Yi has made unremitting efforts for 30 years. While collecting all kinds of rare shells, he has also sorted out the world shell primary color atlas, which has made great contributions to fill the gaps in the research of shellfish culture in China and to spread shellfish related culture.

Mr. Zhang Yi was born in Xiangying Township, Jinzhou District, Liaoning Province in April 1948 and died in December 2011.

Before his death, Mr. Zhang Yi was the chairman, general manager and party secretary of Liaoning Dalian Marine Fishery Group Company (Liaoyu group). He presided over the leadership work of Liaoyu group company for 28 years. During his term of office, he led Liaoyu group to develop China's ocean fishing industry and filled the gap in China's ocean fishing industry. He has won many honors, such as Dalian model worker, Dalian super model worker, Liaoning model worker, Liaoning super model worker, Liaoning meritorious entrepreneur and national excellent entrepreneur, and has won the honorary title of national model worker for two consecutive times. He has successively served as a deputy to the 7th, 8th and 9th Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, and was elected as a deputy to the 10th National People's Congress in March 2003. Mr. Zhang Yi was once a member of the 10th Standing Committee of the CPPCC Liaoning Provincial Committee. He was one of the first experts to enjoy the special allowance of the State Council. In July 2008, Mr. Zhang Yi won the China Navigation lifetime contribution award, becoming the first person in China's fishery field to win the title.

Mr. Zhang Yi has personally written a literary work "men and the sea", which reflects the life theme of the state-owned enterprise boss. The book was published by the writers' Publishing House in 2007.

Mr. Zhang Yi was infatuated with the collection and research of shellfish all his life. While collecting and studying shellfish specimens, he not only met many shellfish scientists at home and abroad, but also became close friends with a large number of amateurs in the field of shellfish collection. He carefully collected more than 10000 species of precious shellfish specimens. No matter the quantity and species of shellfish specimens, or the exquisite specimens, he is not only the first in China, but also famous in the international shellfish collection.

With the support of Dalian municipal Party committee and government, Dalian Shell Museum was officially opened to the public on July 17, 2003, which made Mr. Zhang Yi's rich shellfish collection available to the public and won wide praise from all walks of life. However, due to the limited exhibition area of the former site, a large number of specimens, especially the most distinctive specimens of ammonite fossils in the collection, are difficult to open to the audience. In 2006, Dalian municipal Party committee and government decided to move and expand Dalian Shell Museum. The newly built Dalian Shell Museum has a building area of about 15000 square meters and an exhibition hall area of nearly 9000 square meters. Most of Mr. Zhang Yi's collections are open to the public.

Exhibition hall introduction

The architectural style, exhibition contents and functional facilities of Dalian Shell Museum reflect the style and taste of Dalian City, and are also an integral part of the city image and marine culture. The exhibition part of the museum mainly includes the spiral ramp exhibition hall on the ground and the exhibition area on the ground floor. The exhibition hall in the museum is divided into: molluscology exhibition hall, primitive Paleozoic shellfish fossil specimen exhibition hall, Paleozoic ammonites fossil specimen exhibition hall, world marine shellfish subfamily exhibition hall, world terrestrial shellfish subfamily exhibition hall, China freshwater shellfish subfamily exhibition hall, shellfish and human relations exhibition hall and projection hall, etc.

The Museum covers an area of 10000 square meters and a building area of 15000 square meters, including four floors above the ground and one floor below the ground. The four floors above the ground are spiral ramp exhibition halls. Walking in the ground exhibition area of the Shell Museum, it is like walking into a shell. The museum displays nearly 10000 species of modern shellfish, more than 50000 pieces, more than 3000 pieces of ancient ammonite fossils and a large number of large mollusc cephalopod plastic specimens. All the exhibits in the museum have been collected by Mr. Zhang Yi for more than 30 years.

Honors

October 2004 Dalian Tourism Quality Award General Office of CPC Dalian Municipal Committee

October 2004 Dalian Tourism Quality Award Dalian Municipal People's Government

October 2004 Dalian Tourism Quality Award General Office of Dalian people's Congress

October 2004 Dalian Tourism Quality Award Dalian CPPCC General Office

May 2005 Dalian popular science education base Dalian municipal government, municipal Party committee, science and Technology Association

April 2008 Dalian Civil Affairs Bureau, a 4A private enterprise with self discipline and integrity

April 2008 Dalian Civil Affairs Bureau, a 3A private enterprise with self discipline and integrity

October 2009 national popular science education base China Association of science and technology

October 2010 Dalian Administration for Industry and Commerce

Location of exhibition hall

Address: southeast corner of Xinghai Square, Shahekou District, Dalian

Longitude: 121.58982467651

Latitude: 38.877969122742

Tel: 0411-84801470

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: take bus No.14 and get off at Xinghaiwan station

Ticket information: 100 yuan per person; children under 1.3 meters are free of charge, and 50 yuan per person with senior citizen certificate and disability certificate

Opening hours: 09:00-16:30

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