Chongqing Science and Technology Museum
The Chongqing Science and Technology Museum (simplified Chinese: 重庆科技馆; traditional Chinese: 重慶科技館) is a science museum in the Yuzhong District of Chongqing, China.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the museum was held on 7 January 2006 and construction started in October 2006. The museum was opened to the public on 9 September 2009. Guida Moseley Brown Architects were involved in the project.[1] The museum cost 567 million RMB to build. It is on a plot of 37 mu and the building has a floor area of 45,300 m2.
The museum is centrally located in Jiangbeizui CBD, near the confluence of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River. It has an IMAX theatre.[2] The museum is free for school children.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Chongqing Science and Technology Museum – PR China". Guida Moseley Brown Architects. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "IMAX, Chongqing Science & Technology Museum". IMAX. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Chongqing Science and Technology Museum opens to elementary and high school students free of admission charge". China Association for Science and Technology. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
External links
- Museum website (in English)
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