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China Geological Museum
The Geological Museum of China is a leading geological museum in Asia with its long history, large collection, high rate of treasures, exquisite displays and fruitful scientific research results. It not only has the three traditional functions of collection, scientific research and social education, but also has the characteristics of the times, integrating popular science, teaching, academic exchanges, appreciation and leisure, and has an increasingly wide social influence. The Geological Museum of China was founded in 1916. In the process of its origin and development in parallel with China's modern science, it has accumulated rich natural essence and cultural relics. It is the leading museum of its kind in Asia with its systematic collection, fruitful results and exquisite displays, and enjoys a high reputation worldwide. The Geological Museum of China has a collection of more than 200,000 geological specimens, covering all fields of geoscience. Among them are the famous dinosaur series fossils such as the giant Shandong dragon and Chinese dragon bird, famous ancient human fossils such as Peking Man, Yuanmou Man, and Upper Cave Man, as well as a large number of precious prehistoric fossils of fish, birds, insects, etc. with both scientific and ornamental value; there are the world's largest "Crystal King", giant fluorite calcite crystal cluster specimens, exquisite Chinese characteristic mineral specimens such as azurite, cinnabar, realgar, orpiment, scheelite, stibnite, and a large number of national treasures such as gems and jade. While carrying out scientific research on its collections, the China Geological Museum has long been engaged in stratigraphic paleontology, mineralogy, gemology and museology research and has achieved fruitful results, especially the results achieved in the research fields of early vertebrate zoology, entomology and the Jehol Biota in western Liaoning, which have attracted widespread attention from the scientific community at home and abroad; with systematic and exquisite gem display, unique gem research results, and continuous social promotion activities, it has driven and guided contemporary Chinese gem science research, knowledge popularization and market consumption. The China Geological Museum has long carried out rich and colorful social education activities. Founded in 1981, Earth is the only geoscience magazine in China. The annual National Youth Geoscience Summer Camp has become an important brand of social education activities. Various geoscience activities such as science lectures, science exhibitions, and science consultations are continuous, which has continuously enhanced the social influence of the China Geological Museum. It has been rated as "Beijing Excellent Patriotism Education Base", "Beijing Science Education Base", "National Science Education Base", "National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Demonstration Base" and "National Youth Science and Technology Education Base". The museum was formerly the Geological and Mineral Museum of the Geological Survey of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. The current building is located at No. 15, Xisi Yangrou Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing. It was completed in 1958 and is a landmark building in this area. The building has 6 floors, a total height of about 36 meters, a length of 40 meters from east to west, and a length of 70 meters from north to south. The building area is nearly 11,000 square meters, and the architectural style is stable and generous. In 2001, the largest renovation project in the history of the museum was launched. It lasted for three years. With the goal of building a "domestic first-class and internationally renowned" modern museum, the museum implemented the concept of "people-oriented and audience-first" and invested huge amounts of money, with precise design and good management. The hardware facilities were upgraded as a whole, the displays and exhibitions were comprehensively innovated, and the service system was continuously improved. It has basically become a veritable window for the land and resources industry and a geological platform for quality education for young people.
Baoding Museum
Since its opening, in order to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the general public, the museum has successively held exhibitions such as "Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Baoding City", "For Tomorrow - Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency Exhibition", "Blood-stained Monument" - Exhibition of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and "Large-scale Wild Rare Animal Specimens Exhibition". In particular, the "Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency" exhibition pioneered the large-scale exhibition in Baoding City. Once launched, the exhibition aroused strong social response, gave young people a vivid legal and moral education lesson, and achieved huge social benefits. The exhibition successfully toured two provinces and five cities, received a total of 160,000 visitors, gave more than 1,600 lectures, and received more than 700 impressions.