Gansu Geological Museum

Visitor information

Also known as

甘肃地质博物馆

City

Lanzhou

Address

No. 6, Tuanjie Road, Tanjianzi, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province

Opening hours

Every Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-16:30

Coordinates

36.0693289, 103.8586318

About Gansu Geological Museum

Gansu Geological Museum, located in Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, was founded in 1943 by Mr. Wang Rilun, an older generation geologist in China. It is one of the earliest geological museums in China. The Gansu Geological Museum covers an area of 12,568 square meters, with an exhibition area of 4,860 square meters, including 8 permanent exhibition halls, 1 temporary exhibition hall and 1 3D movie hall. The museum collects more than 30,000 domestic and foreign geological minerals, paleontology, minerals and rock specimens, and displays 1,518 specimens of various types. The restored dinosaur skeletons and dinosaur fossils on display in the museum come from the Early Cretaceous strata in Jiuquan City and Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, and are named according to local place names.

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