Paleontological Museum of Liaoning

Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, one of the largest and most famous museums in Shenyang. Paleontological Museum of Liaoning is co-established by the Depatment of Land and Resources, Liaoning Province and the Shenyang Normal University. This museum is to date the largest paleontological museum in China, with a building area of 15000 square meter. Its external form appears like a fusion of a giant dinosaur with a large geological body. The vaulted structure on the south represents a dinosaur, and the steel frame as dinosaur’s vertebrate column and ribs. The sphere in the front represents a dinosaur egg. The establishment of the Liaoning Museum of Paleontology marks a milestone in the cultural endeavors in Liaoning and the initiatives of paleontology in China.
The 15,000-square meter museum showcases over 10,000 collections of paleontological fossils and remains in 16 distinct exhibition areas.