Mamenchisaurus
140 million years old.
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One of China's largest museums of natural science, founded in 1956 and moved in 2015 to a new building in Jing'an Sculpture Park, whose curving glass wall, latticed like living cells, wraps around a sunken garden and pool. Its collection of about 240,000 specimens fills galleries on the origins of the universe and of life, dinosaurs, the animals of every continent and the plants and wildlife of China; the largest exhibit is the 140-million-year-old skeleton of a Mamenchisaurus from Sichuan, and rarities include a Yellow River mammoth, a giant salamander and a Yangtze alligator. Tickets are CNY 30 and must be booked online in advance; it is open from 9 am to 5 pm and, since March 2026, closed on Tuesdays instead of Mondays, per visitor guides and the museum's notice.
140 million years old.
Big galleries.
A curving glass wall.
510 West Beijing Road, Jing'an Sculpture Park
No, tickets are sold online in advance only and sell out on weekends and holidays; the museum closes on Tuesdays since March 2026, per visitor guides.
