Dalian Museum of nature

Founded in 1907, Dalian Museum of natural science is a collection and exhibition of geological, paleontological, animal and plant specimens. At present, it mainly displays marine biological specimens and dinosaur fossil specimens.

The museum has 12 exhibition halls, including earth, dinosaurs, marine life and wetlands. The dinosaur fossils in the dinosaur exhibition hall are the most eye-catching ones. There are 40 meter long giant half view paintings and dinosaur ecological model demonstrations in the exhibition hall, demonstrating the whole process of the emergence, development and extinction of dinosaurs to tourists. While increasing their knowledge, they also gain a lot of knowledge.

Dalian Museum of nature

Dalian Natural Science Museum is located at 40 Heishijiao Xicun street, Shahekou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. It is a comprehensive Natural Science Museum integrating collection, research and exhibition of geological, paleontological, animal and plant specimens. Its predecessor was founded in 1907. The new pavilion is a modern European style building. It is located on the beautiful coast of Heishijiao with a construction area of 15000 square meters and an exhibition area of 10000 square meters,

Dalian Museum of natural history has nearly 200000 specimens and more than 6000 precious specimens. The collection features marine biological specimens and "Jehol Biota" fossil specimens. Among them, there are more than 20 species of marine animals, with the largest number of species and quantity in the National Natural History Museum. Among them, the 66.7-ton black right whale specimen is unique in China and rare in Asia.

Development history

Historical evolution

The former site of Dalian natural history museum is a city hall building built in 1898 under the rule of tsarist Russia. The building is located in the north of Shengli Bridge in Dalian City, Liaoning Province. It is an ancient building with strong Russian style and one of the representative buildings in the early construction period of Dalian city. In 1997, it was listed as a national key cultural relic protection building by the State Council.

In 1907, the predecessor of Dalian Museum of nature was the "Geological Survey Institute" founded by Japan's "South Manchuria Railway Corporation" after Japan occupied Northeast China.

In 1923, after collecting a large number of natural specimens and materials from Northeast China, the Institute set up an exhibition room, which mainly displayed rock, mineral and some paleontological specimens, and noted the origin, quantity, mining value and use of the specimens. It was only for the viewing and research of a few upper class figures in Japan.

In 1926, due to the increase in the types of specimens displayed, the content of display increased, and the area of specimen collection expanded continuously, covering a variety of resources in Northeast China and Mongolia, the exhibition room was changed into "Manchu Mongolian material reference Museum", which was officially opened to the public in the same year.

In 1928, the "Manchu Mongolian material reference Museum" expanded 2000 square meters on the two wings and back of the original building. It further collected rock and mineral specimens collected from Northeast China, Mongolia, Siberia, Europe and the United States, as well as physical specimens and graphic data of agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and aquaculture. In November of the same year, the "Manchu Mongolian resource Museum" was established for scientific research and viewing .

In 1932, in addition to displaying the original resource specimens, the folk custom exhibition contents in Northeast China and Mongolia were added, and the name of the museum was changed to "Manchuria resource Museum".

After the liberation of Dalian in 1945, Changchun railway company of China took over the museum on August 23 and changed its name to "Northeast Local Chronicles Museum". The Railway Research Institute entrusted the Soviet Union geological expert yeguoluo Fu as the curator and renovated the original exhibition.

In November 1950, Zhongchang Railway Bureau handed over the museum to the culture and Education Bureau of Dalian Municipal People's government for management. At the same time, the name of the museum was changed to "northeast resources Museum" to enrich and adjust the display contents. It mainly displays the natural resources of Northeast China and the new achievements after the founding of the people's Republic of China, and becomes a cultural front for patriotic socialist education and popularization of scientific knowledge to the masses.

In 1959, on the 14th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese War, it was officially named "Dalian Natural Museum", and Mr. Guo Moruo, then president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was invited to write the name of the museum in his own hand.

New library

Dalian Museum of nature is a museum of natural history in China. It is divided into old museum and new museum. The old museum has a building area of 5100 square meters and a display area of 2470 square meters. It was built in Russian style before 1900. It was originally the city hall of Dalian when the Tsarist Russian Empire occupied Dalian. It was expanded into Manchu Mongolian material reference Museum in March 1925, renamed Manchu Mongolian resource Museum in 1926, and renamed Manchu resource Museum in late 1931. In 1945, it belonged to Dalian Branch of Zhongchang railway and was named northeast resources Museum. It was officially taken over by Dalian Municipal People's Government in 1950 and renamed Dalian Museum of nature in 1959. In 1995, in order to implement the strategy of revitalizing the city through science and education and protect the natural and cultural heritage, the municipal Party committee and the municipal government decided to move the site to build a new museum. In October 1998, the new museum was completed and opened to the public.

The new museum is located at No.40, Heishijiao Xicun street, Shahekou District, Dalian City (west side of Xinghai Park). It is located at the beautiful seaside of Heishijiao, with a construction area of 15000 square meters and an exhibition area of 10000 square meters. It is surrounded by sea on three sides and surrounded by reefs. The new building is a typical modern European style, with the blue roof, blue sea, blue sky and white clouds reflecting each other, and the scenery is pleasant. There are more than 200000 specimens of animals, plants, paleontology, rocks and minerals in the museum. Among them, large marine mammal specimens are the outstanding features of the museum. There are 12 exhibition halls in the museum, including the earth, dinosaurs, marine life, northeast forest animals, wetlands and species diversity. The touch multimedia computer, large screen color TV, central air conditioning, building automation, security monitoring and other high-tech hardware equipment in the exhibition hall create a convenient and comfortable environment for the audience to enjoy. In addition, there are rest halls for the audience to rest and view the sea, multi-functional halls for cultural theme activities such as academic seminars, and service facilities such as shops and restaurants.

Introduction to the library

Dalian Natural Science Museum is a comprehensive Natural Science Museum integrating collection, research and exhibition of geological, paleontological, animal and plant specimens. Its predecessor was founded in 1907. The new museum is a modern European style building. It is located on the beautiful coast of Heishijiao with a construction area of 15000 square meters and an exhibition area of 10000 square meters. It is the only museum with 270000 square meters of sea area in China and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.

Dalian Museum of natural history has nearly 200000 specimens and more than 6000 precious specimens. The collection features marine biological specimens and "Jehol Biota" fossil specimens. Among them, there are more than 20 species of marine animals, with the largest number of species and quantity in the National Natural History Museum. Among them, the 66.7-ton black right whale specimen is unique in China and rare in Asia. The fossil specimens of "Jehol Biota" have the most species and characteristics in China, and a nest of parrot billed dinosaurs is the only, most abundant, most completely preserved and world-class national treasure fossil specimen in the world so far. Its research results have been published in nature (September 431, 2004).

There are 12 exhibition halls of earth, dinosaurs, marine life, northeast forest animals, wetlands, species diversity and paleontological fossils in western Liaoning in Dalian Museum of natural history. In the prelude hall, a 22 meter long and 3-meter-high giant relief perfectly integrates the art of "nature and human", which is grand and spectacular. In the dinosaur exhibition hall, a 40 meter long giant half view and a lifelike dinosaur ecological model demonstrate the whole process of the emergence, development and extinction of dinosaurs. The audience can intuitively understand the dinosaurs and their living environment; a very rare and exquisite ancient city of western Liaoning Biological fossils, as if silently telling people a magical story that took place hundreds of millions of years ago, make us have unlimited reverie about the evolution of life and deep thinking about the future; in the exhibition hall of species diversity, the audience only need to press the button to hear the song of nearly 30 kinds of birds from nature; entering the exhibition hall of northeast forest animals is like entering the dense virgin forest, with all kinds of animals Things gather around you, which makes people sigh that they should take care of nature and protect wild animals. Touch multimedia computer, large screen color TV, central air conditioning, building automation, security monitoring, digital automatic explanation system and other high-tech hardware equipment create a convenient and comfortable environment for the audience to visit. In addition, there are many functions for cultural activities such as learning and discussion Can hall, for the audience to rest, view the rest hall, as well as shopping, catering and other service facilities. Visiting the Dalian Museum of nature can not only increase the knowledge of natural science, but also appreciate the unique scenery of nature. Surrounded by black reefs and small stone forests, you can listen to the "dialogue" between the sea and reefs.

The exhibition level of Dalian Museum of nature is advanced. The exhibition of the new museum has successively won the national top ten exhibition quality award in 2000, the best new material and New Technology Application Award, the first prize of Dalian Science and Technology Progress Award in 2001, the first prize of Dalian Science and technology progress award of Liaoxi fossil research in 2005, the civilized unit of Dalian in 2006, the first ten environmental protection scenic spots of Dalian in 2000, and the first prize of Dalian tourism work in 2002 Enter the unit. In 2003, as the only selected Museum in Northeast China, it participated in the Sino French cultural year held in France. In 2002, it won the National Youth Science and technology education base, in 2005, it won the national science popularization education base, in 2005, it won the excellent science popularization education base of Dalian City, and it won the National Wildlife Protection Science Popularization Education Base in 2005. Dalian Museum of nature is warmly welcoming friends from all walks of life at home and abroad with a new look

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