Dalian Shell Museum

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The Dalian Shell Museum ( Chinese  大连 贝壳 博物馆 , Pinyin Dàlián bèiké bówùguǎn ) is a natural history museum opened in 2003 in the Chinese coastal city of Dalian in the Liaoning province . It focuses on the collection and research of mussels and is Asia's largest museum with this focus. In 2009, it moved to a new building in the shape of a shell.

History and collection

The museum was opened in 2003 as the first museum in Asia devoted to the collection and research of mussels. The Darian Shell Museum's collection consists of shells from more than 5,000 different types of clams from around the world. In 2009, the museum moved with the complete collection into the new building that is now available, as the available space of 2,500 m² was no longer sufficient for the museum's purposes.

Architecture of today's Dalian Shell Museum

The current building of the Dalian Shell Museum opened in 2009. It lies between the canalized Malan He River on Xinghai Bay and in the immediate vicinity of Xinghai Square . It was developed by the Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture at Dalian University of Technology , and construction was carried out by the Hunter Douglas Group . In addition to concrete, the main building materials used were steel, glass and other metals, whereby the curved metal panels that were used for the roof were also used at the Poly Grand Theater in Shenzhen as an in-house development by Hunter Douglas .

The main building was shaped like a shell with a roof consisting of four overlapping elements. The large window, which occupies the entire front of the building, allows a panoramic view of the landscape from inside with a view of the Malan He and the sea, from the outside it reflects the same. With four upper floors and one underground floor, the building has an area of ​​around 18,000 m².

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d Fanny Andermatt: The form shows the content. Modulør 6, 2010. pp. 67-70.
  2. ^ A b c d Nico Saieh: Dalian Shell Museum / The Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of DUT. Archdaily, April 6, 2010, accessed February 12, 2012.

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Coordinates: 38 ° 52 ′ 41.8 "  N , 121 ° 35 ′ 23"  E