Tianjin Natural History Museum

Tianjin Natural History Museum is in Tianjin, China, and is located in No. 206 Machang Avenue, in the Hexi District. It was founded in 1953 as one of China's first natural history museums. The museum has three floors and spans an area of 12,000 square meters. Over 380,000 geological and biological specimens are currently held at the museum.

Tianjin Museum of Natural History

Former name	Tianjin Natural Museum
Established	1953
Location	No.206 Machang Avenue, Hexi District, Tianjin, China
Type	Natural History Museum

Major Specimens and Exhibitions

The lobby of the museum.

The lobby of the museum displays several dinosaurs, including a cast of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, skeletal mounts of Mamenchisaurus and Omeisaurus, and some animatronics.

Evolution Exhibit

A mounted Monolophosaurus attacking a Bellusaurus in the Silk Road exhibit.

One of the exhibitions on the second floor details the history of life on earth. In the Cambrian section, a diorama of trilobites and an Anomalocaris hanging from the ceiling are surrounded by many fossils from Southern China during the Cambrian explosion. The next gallery showcases many different types of fish. A Dunkleosteus model hangs above a display of many crushed fish fossils. In the next section, marine reptiles are displayed. A cast of a plesiosaur hangs from the ceiling along with a smaller pliosaur. A collection of flattened icthyosaur fossils are displayed on a wall under a mural. Several mammal-like reptiles are mounted nearby. Another nearby gallery showcases flight. Many insects are on display, and a partial skeleton of a Dsungaripterus is laid out in a glass case. The next section showcases dinosaurs from China. An Mamenchisaurus skeleton is mounted, with its neck arching into the previous gallery. Nearby casts of an Ankylosaurus and Triceratops are installed. A smaller Shunosaurus skeleton is also set up. In the display cases around the gallery, many fossils of Lufengosaurus and Bactrosaurus are set. Also on display is a Yangchuanosaurus skull. Two adult Lufengosaurus are mounted nearby with a younger skeleton beneath them. Many dinosaur eggs are displayed next to a Tuojiangosaurus skeleton. Two animatronic dinosaurs are set up next to much smaller dromaeosaur skeletons. This section leads to two other galleries, one about the Silk Road, and the other about birds. In the bird gallery, several dinosaur skeletons with preserved feathers are laid out, including a specimen of Microraptor. A skull of Dilong is also on display. Several prehistoric bird specimens are also showcased. In the Silk Road exhibition, two wolves are installed in a hunting pose. A Bactrian Camel is also displayed. Also, a skeleton of a Monolophosaurus is mounted preying on a Bellusaurus. The Silk Road and bird exhibits both connect to the Cenozoic gallery. Two displays show mounted skeletons of brontotheres and aurochs. The centerpiece of the gallery are skeletons of a woolly mammoth, Stegodon, and Platybelodon. A Homotherium skeleton is also mounted in a pouncing pose. Two extinct giraffid mounts are also displayed. Another display case towards the end of the gallery shows ancestors of whales, including a skeleton of Ambulocetus. The next gallery details the origins of man. Several casts of Peking Man material are on display. Also, a bronze bust of Peking Man is set in the center of the gallery.

Gallery

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  A Homotherium mounted at the museum.
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  Two giraffids on display in the Cenozoic gallery.
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  The centerpiece of the Cenozoic hall, Platybelodon, Stegodon, and a Woolly Mammoth mount.
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  The lobby viewed from the first floor.
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  A Dilong skull, TNP 01109, in the bird gallery.
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  Yixianornis specimen TNP 01616 at the museum.
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  An Ankylosaurus cast in the dinosaur hall.
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  A Mamenchisaurus mount in the dinosaur hall.
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  A pair of Lufengosaurus mounted at the museum.
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  The shoulders of Shantungosaurus on display at the museum.
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  A Triceratops cast mounted at the museum.
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  Aurochs and other prehistoric mammals mounted in a scene in the Cenozoic hall.