User:Maleri02/National Zoological Museum of China

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At 7,300sqm, The National Zoological Museum of China is the largest museum in Asia[1]and is located at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing in the Chaoyang District. it currently houses three floors full of The museum opened in the summer of 2009[2] and currently houses nine different showrooms and a 4D cinema.[3]

The museum's construction can be attributed to the whims of Comrade Li Lanqing and the desire to increase ecological environment publicity and education, funding was given to the Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the museum in 1999.[4]

The museum has over 5.3 million animal specimen collected from 20 different countries, 5,000 of which belong to endangered animals.[5]

Pharmacophagus antenor (drury) specimen at the National Zoological Museum of China.

Exhibits[edit]

The nine showrooms are categorized by the following: Insect Exhibition Pavilion, Insect Hall and Butterfly Hall, Invertebrate Exhibition Pavilion and Invertebrate Hall, Fish and Amphibian Exhibition Pavilion,Animal and Hominid Hall, Bird Exhibition Pavilion, Bird Hall, Mammal Exhibition Pavilion, Endangered Animals Hall, Digital Specimen Exhibition Pavilion, Animal Diversity and Evolution Hall.


The museum is opened Tuesday-Sunday, from 9:00am to 4:00pm.

  1. ^ "A Guidebook to National Zoological Museum of China". english.visitbeijing.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  2. ^ "China´s National Zoological Museum opens in Beijing CCTV-International". english.cctv.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  3. ^ "A Guidebook to National Zoological Museum of China". english.visitbeijing.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  4. ^ "国家动物博物馆官方网站_地址,路线,开放时间,门票,电话,咨询". www.kepu.net.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. ^ "A Guidebook to National Zoological Museum of China". english.visitbeijing.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-07.