Chongqing Natural History Museum will be temporarily closed due to the epidemic in 2021

The Chongqing Museum of Natural History is the second largest comprehensive natural museum in the country. Recently, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Chongqing Museum of Natural History has been temporarily closed since November 3. The opening hours will be notified later. During the closure period, everyone You can view the exhibition online in the virtual exhibition hall. 2021 Chongqing Museum of Natural History Suspension Announcement

In accordance with the requirements of the joint prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic, the Chongqing Museum of Natural History (including the Exhibition Hall of the Former Site of the Western China Academy of Sciences) will be temporarily closed to the public from November 3, 2021 and will resume operations. The time will be notified separately based on the situation of epidemic prevention and control work.

During the closure, please follow the WeChat official account, official website, and official Weibo of Chongqing Natural History Museum for the latest information. At the same time, you can view the exhibition online in the virtual exhibition hall of the WeChat public account.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the temporary closure! Museum Highlights

As the second largest comprehensive natural museum in the country, the museum has a large collection of animal specimens. There are countless items in the collection, with the number of collections reaching more than 110,000.

There is also a huge "dinosaur world", including dinosaurs that have survived for 165 million years from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, as well as the largest dinosaur in Asia that has been in the museum for many years and has been unable to be displayed due to space. ——Hechuan Mamenchisaurus can be seen here.

The basic display consists of six major exhibitions: "Animal Planet", "Dinosaur World", "Landscape City", "Secrets of the Earth", "Rivers of Life" and "Ecological Homes", which mainly display the evolution of the earth, life Evolution, biodiversity, and the magnificent mountains and rivers of Chongqing are suitable for both adults and children~

The fossils and specimens of animals and plants are lifelike, and most of them are arranged and introduced according to their age and environmental habits. It shows the rise and fall of the earth and the animal and plant kingdoms. Visiting the exhibition halls in sequence is like walking into a time and space tunnel, silently telling stories about the animal and plant kingdoms on the earth. It is vivid and interesting, and it also teaches people to understand their homeland, pay attention to their homeland, and jointly care for their homeland.

The collection contains nearly 70,000 specimens of geology and minerals, paleontology, animals, plants, soils, and Paleolithic specimens, as well as more than 100 type specimens and other rare specimens. Representative dinosaur fossil specimens from different categories and eras in Sichuan are collected. There are 8 skeleton specimens that have been put on display, and more than 100 dinosaur footprint fossil specimens are also collected.

In addition, the Vickers Chinese soft-shell turtle (Late Jurassic) in the collection is one of the earliest soft-shell turtle fossils discovered in the world; the snake-necked turtle specimen is a rare treasure found outside of Europe; the Chengyu turtle It is the earliest known representative of turtles in China and is also rare in the world records of its kind. Its fossils are of great significance for studying the evolution of early turtles. Animal specimens include nationally protected species such as the giant panda, wildebeest, golden monkey, red panda, snow leopard, hooded deer, green-tailed rainbow pheasant, giant salamander (salamander), etc. Plant specimens include 221 families, more than 1,500 genera, and more than 2,400 species, many of which are rare plant specimens.