Old Museum
Dalian Museum of Nature, the national key cultural relics protection building.
In 1907, the predecessor of the Dalian Museum of Nature is the Japanese invasion of Northeast China, by the Japanese "South Manchuria Railway Company" founded by the "Geological Survey".
In 1923, the survey collected a large number of natural specimens and information from all over the Northeast, and then set up a showroom, mainly displaying rock mines and some paleontological specimens, and specimens of the origin, collection, mining value and use, etc., for the few upper-class people in Japan to watch and study.
In 1926, due to the increase in the types of specimens on display, the content of the display increased, the collection of specimens of the expanding region, covering a variety of resources in the Northeast and Mongolia, the display room was changed to the "Reference Museum of Manchuria and Mongolia", officially opened to the public in the same year.
In 1928, the "Museum of Man-Mongolia Material Reference" in the original building of the two wings and the back of the expansion of 2000 square meters, and further will be collected over the years from the northeast of China, Mongolia, Siberia, Europe and the United States and other places of rock and mineral specimens, as well as agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, aquaculture, and the physical specimens and graphic materials together, in November of the same year, was established for scientific research. In November of the same year, set up for scientific research and viewing of the "Man-Mongolia Resource Center".
In 1932, in addition to the display of the original resource specimens, but also added the Northeast, Mongolia and other places of folklore display content, and the name of the museum was changed to "Manchurian Resources Museum.
After the liberation of Dalian in 1945, the Chinese Changchun Railway Company took over the museum on August 23, renamed the "Northeast Museum of Local History" in the Changchun Railway Research Institute commissioned by the Soviet Union as a director of the geological experts Yegorov, and the original display of repair.
November 1950, the Central Railway Bureau will be transferred to the Dalian Municipal People's *** Bureau of Culture and Education management, at the same time, the name of the museum was changed to the "Northeast Resource Museum" to enrich the content of the display, the main exhibition of natural resources in the northeast region of our country and the new achievements of the founding of the country, and become a patriotic education and popularization of scientific knowledge to the general masses of the people. Socialist education and popularization of scientific knowledge to the masses of cultural positions.
In 1959, in celebration of the 14th anniversary of the victory in the war, officially named "Dalian Museum of Nature", and asked Mr. Guo Moruo, then president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, personally inscribed the name of the museum.
New Museum
The new museum is located in Dalian City, Shahekou District, Heishi Reef, Xicun Street, No. 40 *** Starfish Park, west ****, located in the beautiful scenery of the Heishi Reef waterfront, construction area of 15,000 square meters, the exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, surrounded by the sea on three sides, surrounded by reefs. The new museum building for the typical modern European style, blue roof and the blue sea, blue sky, white clouds reflect each other, a pleasant view. The museum now collects more than 200,000 specimens of various animals and plants, paleontology and rocks and minerals, of which large marine mammal specimens are the outstanding features of the museum. The museum now has 12 exhibition halls, including Earth, Dinosaurs, Marine Biology, Northeast Forest Animals, Wetlands, and Species Diversity. The exhibition halls are equipped with touch-screen multimedia computers, large-screen color TVs, and high-tech hardware devices such as central air-conditioning, building automation, security monitoring, etc., which create a convenient and comfortable environment for the audience to enjoy. In addition, there are lounges for the audience to rest and watch the sea, multi-functional halls for academic seminars and other cultural theme activities, as well as stores, restaurants and other service facilities.