Baiheliang Underwater Museum
Baiheliang Underwater Museum is a scenic area in Chongqing, China.
Visitor information
- Also known as
- 重庆白鹤梁水下博物馆
- City
- Chongqing
- Coordinates
- 29.714711, 107.3876272
About Baiheliang Underwater Museum
Chongqing Baiheliang Underwater Museum is located on the bank of the Yangtze River in Fuling District, Chongqing. It was built in 2003 and was officially completed and opened to the public on May 18, 2009. It is the world's first underwater museum. It is a local history museum and a cultural activity center integrating cultural relic protection, research, publicity and education. UNESCO hails it as "the world's first underwater heritage museum accessible by non-diving". Chongqing Baiheliang Underwater Museum covers an area of 11,300 square meters, with a construction area of 8,433 square meters. It has two parts: a shore exhibition hall and an underwater visiting area. There are 165 existing inscriptions with a total of more than 10,000 words, 18 stone fish, 2 Guanyin statues, and 1 white crane. Among them, there are 108 inscriptions involving hydrological value.
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