China Travel Forum

[Mionica-218]

It is said there is a something like Paleozoological Museum in Beijing is that true ?

I will visit Beijing end of this month and like to visit i with my children ,there some skeletons of dinosaurs or something special ?

can anyone tell me the detail information , as how to get there ......


Thanks

[Wendy-Lee]

There are giant skeletons of dinosaurs, especially the 22-meter-long brachiosaurus stretching its 11-meter-long neck up to the ceiling of the three-storey building.
Main attractions: Over 800 exhibits are on display, covering a great variety of fossils -- fishes and amphibians (first floor), reptiles and birds (second floor), and mammals (third floor) -- spanning from 400 million years ago to the dawn of man.

There are also interesting images -- dinosaurs with feathers and wings, Yellow River elephant fossils, ostrich eggs, turtle shells and a small but powerful kind of mammal who ate dinosaurs.
There is also a separate hall, telling of the origins and development of humans, mostly with pictures, as well as samples of crude tools made by early man.
Add: 142 Xizhimenwai Dajie, opposite Beijing Zoo, to the west of Beijing Planetarium;
Entry ticket: 20 yuan (US$2) for adult, 10 yuan (US$1) for kids above 1.20 meters, free for kids below 1.20 meters;
Traffic: Subway to Xizhimen, and Bus No.s 27, 714, 716, 808, 902, 347, 601 or trolley 105, 107, 111, 104, 106 to get off at Beijing Zoo or Baishiqiao;