The biological museum integrates exhibition, collection, research and education, showing the mysteries of natural science, and is also an important educational practice base. There are various types of biological museums all over China, and the collections in these venues are also different. This post will introduce you to the top ten biological museums in China.

1. Biological Museum of Sun Yat-sen University 中山大学生物博物馆

The Biological Museum of Sun Yat-sen University is located at No. 135 Xingang West Road, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. The earliest specimens in the museum were collected in 1817, with a history of nearly 200 years. At present, there are 220,000 plant specimens, more than 600,000 insect specimens and 30,000 animal specimens in the museum, including 37 species of national first-class protected animals such as giant panda and golden monkey, as well as polar bears, penguins, ostriches and other rare foreign animals. Specimens; more than 500 paleontological fossil specimens, of which the 7.8-meter-long sast ichthyosaur, the 3.5-meter new China dragon, the Xingyi dragon and the lepidodon have extremely high scientific research value and exhibition value. It is the only domestic collection of a large number of A university biology museum with precious biological specimens at home and abroad, and with the characteristics of the flora and fauna of South China, it enjoys a high status in the world.
Address: No. 135, Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

2. Chinese Academy of Sciences Aquatic Biology Museum 中科院水生生物博物馆

The Aquatic Biology Museum of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in Wuhan, Hubei Province. It was invested and built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since its establishment in 1930, in addition to serving as a research center for East Asian freshwater fish, it also undertakes the task of popular science education, and has been open to all kinds of people at home and abroad. , is the most important aquatic biology museum in China. There are 400,000 specimens in the museum, among which are mainly freshwater fish, with more than 300,000 pieces and 260 kinds of fish specimens. There are also more than 20,000 algae specimens, as well as various groups of aquatic invertebrates and aquatic mammal specimens. The museum also highlights extinct species such as white sturgeon and baiji dolphin, as well as abundant East Asian endemic carps and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau fish specimens. The museum’s “treasure of the town hall” is a specimen of a spearfish, the oldest living fish in the world.
Address: No. 7, East South South Road, Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province

3. National Maritime Museum 国家海洋博物馆

The National Oceanographic Museum is located in Tianjin. It is the first oceanographic museum in Chinese history and its status is comparable to that of the Palace Museum. It can be called the “Forbidden City on the Ocean”. It ends the history of China not having a comprehensive national maritime museum that matches its status as a maritime power. The total construction area of ​​the museum is 80,000 square meters. The main part of the National Oceanographic Museum has three floors and some four floors. The exhibition hall covers a total area of ​​23,000 square meters. It looks like a fishbone shape when viewed from the air, which is elegant and generous. There are six exhibition areas and 15 exhibition halls in the museum, which focus on displaying the marine ecological civilization since ancient times and the history of the interaction between humans and the ocean, as well as a series of popular science knowledge of marine life.
Address: No. 377 Haixuan Road, Sino-Singapore Eco-city, Binhai New Area, Tianjin

4. National Zoological Museum 国家动物博物馆

The National Zoological Museum is located at No. 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing. It is the world-recognized center for the classification and evolution of animal systems, the largest in Asia, with the highest level of research and the strongest comprehensive strength. The museum has a total construction area of ​​7,300 square meters. The museum draws on the theme display method of modern museums, and adopts multi-disciplinary knowledge such as natural sciences and humanities to reflect the theme. There are ten invertebrates, birds, endangered animals, butterflies, insects, etc. There are more than 5,000 kinds of rare animal specimens and more than 5.3 million pieces in an independent exhibition hall. It contains precious specimens from more than 20 countries at home and abroad.
Address: No. 5, Yard 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

5. National Botanical Museum 国家植物博物馆

The National Botanical Museum is a comprehensive large-scale plant-specific biological museum that combines the exhibition of traditional museums with the collection, display and research of living plants, traditional culture and the big health industry. On October 11, 2018, it was learned from the 16th National Congress of the Botanical Society of China and the 85th Anniversary Academic Annual Meeting that Kunming City has determined the location of the National Botanical Museum, and it will be located in Ciba, Panlong District, Kunming City. area. Kunming has more than 1,200 species of wild plants and more than 460 species of flowers. The output value of flowers has ranked first in the country for 20 consecutive years. The National Botanical Museum is currently under construction and will become the largest botanical museum in China when completed.
Address: Ciba Area, Panlong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province

6. Kunming Zoological Museum 昆明动物博物馆

Kunming Zoological Museum is located in the park of Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 32 Jiaochang East Road, Kunming City, Yunnan Province. . The museum has a building area of ​​7,350 square meters. It now houses more than 800,000 animal specimens of various types of animals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, fish, and insects. Covering all animal species specimens in Yunnan and surrounding areas, rare and endangered species account for a few, it is the largest and most distinctive animal thematic biological museum in Southwest China.
Address: Wuhua District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province

7. Biological Museum of Xiamen University 厦门大学生物博物馆

The history of the Biological Museum of Xiamen University can be traced back to 1922. Its predecessor was the taxidermy of the School of Life Sciences of Xiamen University. Today, the museum covers a total area of ​​5,600 square meters and has many species of creatures, covering almost all categories of the animal kingdom, including vertebrates, invertebrates, protozoa, etc. There are more than 100 species and more than 3,000 pieces. Some of these specimens have been preserved for more than 90 years, and there are also some rare and endangered animals, such as South China tigers, Siberian tigers, leopards, giant pandas, red-crowned cranes, pythons, giant salamanders, etc.

8. Guangxi Normal University Biodiversity Museum 广西师大生物多样性博物馆

The history of Guangxi Normal University Biodiversity Museum can be traced back to 1959. It was formerly the Biodiversity Herbarium of Yucai Campus. In 2017, it moved to Yanshan Campus and changed its name. The museum has nearly 10,000 wild animal and plant specimens and model specimens collected from all over the world, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and other vertebrates, as well as insects, mollusks and other invertebrates , Plant specimens include bryophytes, algae, gymnosperms and angiosperms. It contains hundreds of internationally endangered species and national first- and second-level protected animals and plants.

9. Qinba Biological Museum 秦巴生物博物馆

Qinba Biological Museum is located in Shaanxi University of Science and Technology. The museum focuses on the biological resources of Qinba Mountains, including biology, botany, zoology, etc., involving many kinds of animals and plants, such as invertebrates, fish, amphibians, etc. , reptiles, birds and mammals. The museum displays representative species of various phyla, classes and purposes of the animal kingdom, sorted from low to high, and is equipped with various ecological scenery boxes, which not only reflect the process of biological evolution, but also show their respective characteristics and habits. Among them, “giant panda, golden monkey, takin, crested ibis”, the four treasures of Hanzhong, are the characteristic biological specimens.

10. Hainan Normal University Biodiversity Museum 海南师院生物多样性博物馆

The Biodiversity Museum of Hainan Normal University is the first natural science museum in Hainan Province that integrates science and fun. There are 48 themed units in the museum, with more than 7,000 collections. Among the unique biodiversity resources in the museum, the most distinctive is the marine animal exhibition in the South China Sea. The number and rarity of giant whale bones and internal organs are The best in the country. In addition to animals, there are also exhibitions about human evolution, which fully demonstrate the historical changes in the relationship between man and nature, the origin of human beings, human body structure, adolescent boys and girls, etc.
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